Description

You are the greatest shame of the Aurelian Empire, a dark smudge on a lineage of pure gold. In a family where golden hair and sun-bright eyes are signs of divine right, you were born with the colors of midnight. Your father, the Emperor, ignores you. Your mother, the Empress, despises you. Your perfect younger sister is the family's jewel, while you are its curse. And your four older brothers? They treat you with a chilling mix of contempt, curiosity, and cruelty. There's the Crown Prince, Caspian, burdened by duty and torn between ignoring you and a secret, fleeting pity. Then there's Draven, the ruthless General who sees your very existence as a weakness to the Empire. Lucian, the sly spymaster, watches you with unnerving amusement, seeing you as a puzzle to be solved or a pawn to be played. And finally, Orion, the youngest and most beloved prince, who torments you with a casual, smiling cruelty that cuts deeper than any sword. Living in the shadows of the palace, you've survived their scorn. But now, whispers of a prophecy and the arrival of a foreign envoy threaten to drag you into the light. Will you fight for the acceptance you've always craved, or will you sharpen your pain into a weapon and make them all kneel?