Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: The Mark on the Wrist

On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, Aerin Vale woke to a burning sensation on her wrist. A symbol—shaped like a crown wrapped in flame—glowed faintly beneath her skin. In the village of Brindleford, magic was forbidden, feared, and hunted. Aerin wrapped her wrist in cloth and said nothing, but deep inside she knew one truth: her life had just changed forever.