Thorns and Flames

They said magic had vanished from the world. They were wrong. Vaera has always lived a quiet life. Far from politics, far from war, far from anything that could change the rhythm of her days. Safety was never exciting, but it was familiar. Until the day something impossible finds her. A bond awakens that should not exist. A truth the kingdom was never meant to uncover. A power that begins to draw attention from places she was never meant to see. Now nothing is simple anymore. Not her home. Not her past. Not the world she thought she understood. Vaera is forced onto a path she never chose. One where loyalty, fear, and destiny begin to blur together. While ancient laws stir and something far older than the kingdom begins to wake, Vaera learns one thing with certainty: Some bonds cannot be broken. Some truths cannot stay hidden. And some beginnings are not beginnings at all.