Born with two sealed bloodlines, Seren Drakoria should have died as a forgotten child in a cruel empire.
But fate gave him another chance.
When his mother, last princess of Astralis, was betrayed and slain, Seren opened his eyes with a mind not his own. Calm where a child should cry, sharp where an heir should bend, he walks through the knives of siblings and fathers who want him erased.
Exiled to a cursed island, Seren must uncover the secrets of his fractured bloodline, rebuild what was lost, and decide: will he remain a hunted bastard, or rise as the heir of two empires?

That's the end of the first arc. Seren has survived trials, whispers, and the Patriarch's decree, but his path is only beginning.


Arc II will dive deeper: secrets in the House, hidden knives, and the first cracks in his bloodline's seal.


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Thank you for reading. Let's step together into the shadows of Arc II.


Chapter 24 - Chapter 23.5 : End of Arc I