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*PROLOGUE*
*The Fall*
*"In the eighth age of the flame, the skies burned with silence."*
She fell—not like a star, but like a curse.
Banished from the inner realm of majesty, the once-revered Zubara dragon clan maiden, Zeriah of the Emberscale, plummeted from the Astral Heaven realm to the dust-veiled lands of the Inferior Earth realm. Within her womb lay the legacy of fire—dragons' blood mingled with that of royal men.
*Tiye, the fallen maiden*
*Tiye's POV*
"What did I do to deserve this? Was love my only crime? From the heights of light to the shadows of shame—what more can they take from me? They tore my wings, cast me down like dust beneath their feet. Oh, Heaven, was I born to burn? If I have done wrong, let the stars bear witness to this injustice."
The last thing she felt was not pain... but betrayal. Then came the stillness.
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