Chaper 0 : To Rule or To Love
In the quiet heart of the land, surrounded by forests older than memory, stood the village of Duskwind — a place where magic was only a whisper and legends were kept hidden in silence.
For centuries, two bloodlines have lived here. The Eldrins, whose fire burned with pride and conquest. And The Nightrunes, wrapped in secrets and shadow. They shared nothing but a single truth — an ancient object said to grant power beyond measure.
No one had ever seen it.
No one knew if it was a stone, a blade, or something else entirely.
They simply called it "the thing that was never found."
But both families believed that whoever found it would rule not just Duskwind, but the world beyond it.
And so, they fought — not with open war, but with silence, suspicion, and old grudges.
And yet, beneath the weight of generations, something unexpected began to grow.
John Eldrin, the second son of fire.
Alice Nightrune, the daughter of shadow.
Two souls caught in a story older than them — meeting in secret, drawn not by duty, but by choice.
Their hearts whispered of peace, but their blood demanded war.
And far beyond their understanding, something ancient stirred — something that waited not to be found, but to be awakened.
"The thing," someone once said, "was never meant to be held."