> "Before the kingdoms, before the bloodlines, before the gods chose favorites—there was only chaos. And from that chaos, five thrones were carved by claw, fang, and fire."
The world of Aeltheria was not always ruled by kings and queens. Once, it was shaped by gods—some born of light, others of shadow. The Ancient Gods forged realms of balance: the Blood Court of the Vampires, the Moon Thrones of the Werewolves, the Mystwood Pact of the Hybrids, and the Starborn Flame of the Humans.
But balance was a lie.
The gods fell to infighting. Some were slain by their own creations. Others were forgotten—their names buried, their altars burned. But their power? It still courses through the world in veins of divine and cursed blood.
Now, power is inherited. Vampires draw from the Bloodline Rites. Werewolves ascend through Moon Trials. Hybrids steal what they can. And humans? They pray for mercy or make pacts with things that should remain buried.
Peace is illusion. The Veins of Ascension stir once more, and those who remember the Forgotten Gods begin to move.
In the middle of this rising storm stands Luxian Veyne, a prince-turned-vampire with a soul he wishes he'd lost—and Rynn Kaelith, a hunter who'd rather die than call a bloodsucker his mate.
Their union was never prophesied.
But perhaps... it was forbidden.