Full – THE PRINCESS CHARGED THE BOY WITH TWIN DAGGERS
Moonlight painted the royal gardens of Ashkar in silver and shadow. The lake lay perfectly still. The trees whispered in the cold night wind. And standing beside…
THE ORPHAN WHO CARRIED A DEAD PRINCE’S SEAL
The orphan boy thought his life was over. Rain hammered the castle courtyard with relentless force. Cold water soaked through his torn clothes as two royal guards…
THE LION OF THE FORGOTTEN KING
The little boy wasn’t supposed to be in the forest that night. Everyone knew that. The Blackwood Forest stretched beyond the northern border of the kingdom like…
Full – THE PRINCE COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT HE SAW
The thunder arrived before the truth. It rolled across the sky above Ashkar like the voice of an angry god, shaking the stained-glass windows of the royal…
THE BOY WHO PUSHED A KING INTO THE MUD
The entire marketplace watched the young farm boy make the biggest mistake of his life. At least, that’s what everyone believed. The morning had been terrible from…
Full – THE DRUNKEN GIANT LAUGHED AT THE CHILD
The giant’s laughter rolled across the tavern yard like distant thunder. Even before the fight began, everyone believed they already knew how it would end. The rain…
THE BOY BENEATH THE THRONE
The little boy was never supposed to be there. No child was. Especially not beneath the king’s throne. Especially not on the day everything changed. Rain hammered…
Full – THE BOY LEFT HIS FIST IMPRINT IN STEEL
The rain began long before the fight. It fell over the Kingdom of Ashkar like a curtain of cold silver, drumming against rooftops, flooding narrow streets, and…
Full – THE OLD MAGE SUMMONED A MONSTER TO BREAK THE BOY
The storm did not rage above the ruined cathedral by accident. It had come to witness a judgment centuries in the making. The moment the gigantic beast…
THE STABLEMASTER WHO OWNED THE THRONE
The bells of Arkenfall Cathedral rang across the capital like a promise. A promise of continuity. A promise of stability. A promise that the kingdom would endure….