Chapter 346 - A Kingdom of None

Aether was fifteen years old when the Coalition of Eastern Kingdoms sent their most persuasive diplomats to Ashborne with an offer that would have tempted lesser beings. The boy—though calling him a boy felt inadequate for someone who could summon hurricanes with a gesture and reshape reality with phoenix fire—sat beside his parents and sister in the Council chamber, listening with the careful attention his mother had taught him, his dual-colored eyes tracking every speaker with unsettling intensity.