Auretria Lyensdor Valor was born under an omen — the Night of the Oracle, when twin moons aligned and divine power descended upon the world. Golden-haired and ocean-eyed, she bore the unmistakable mark of the Sorcerer Queens, the vanished rulers who once commanded Aether, the raw, primordial force capable of bending reality itself.
But Auretria was born second.
To a family that only valued heirs.
To parents who feared her power more than they loved her.
To a world that whispered her name with suspicion, awe… and dread.
From childhood, Auretria's Aether stirred restlessly within her — a caged storm she didn't understand. When a mysterious voice led her to unleash golden magic at the age of five, her parents responded not with pride, but with fear. They sealed her power, buried her potential, and taught her one lesson again and again:
"Do not overshadow your brother."
But cages break.
At the Royal Academy, Auretria tries to shrink herself — suppressing her power, losing duels on purpose, burying her talent to avoid punishment. Yet Aether leaks out of her like starlight through cracks. Whispers follow her. Shadows follow her. And something deep beneath the academy begins whispering her name.
During a forbidden descent into the sealed levels, Auretria discovers a hidden chamber of broken mirrors — and with it, the truth: she was sealed as a child. Not to protect her.
To control her.
To hide the heir-apparent of a power the empire believed extinct.
And when a fog-born entity tied to ancient Aether stirs awake, it tells her only one thing:
"You woke us. The cage is breaking."
Now Auretria is hunted by forces she doesn't understand — instructors who fear her, parents who lied to her, shadows awakening beneath the academy, and a rising power threatening to tear her apart.
When that power finally erupts, Auretria unleashes starlight capable of leveling the academy… and draws the attention of enemies older than empires.
As the line between prophecy and curse begins to blur, Auretria must choose:
Stay the girl her parents tried to break—
or become the force the world has waited for.
The world will break for her.
Unless she breaks first.