The night she was cast aside, Iris Valtorien did not beg, scream, or curse the crown.

She left.

Branded unstable. Unfit. Forgotten.

Six years later, she returns—not as a discarded wife, but as the Sovereign of the Obsidian Keep, a power the Empire buried two centuries ago.

The Crown Prince chose ambition over blood.

Now his greatest regret walks the capital in shadows…
and his daughter calls him “Your Highness" instead of"Father".
 
In a court ruled by legacy, silence is sharper than steel—and the Night remembers everything.

This novel is currently a work in progress and is being serialized here.


A fully revised and polished version will be officially published on KDP in the future.


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