🔥 Ashen Crown

Long ago, the kingdom of Vaelora was built on fire — not from war, but from the sacred flame said to choose the true ruler. That flame still burns in the royal temple, guarded by generations of firebearers sworn never to love. Arien Kael, the current Firebearer, was chosen as a child — trained to control the eternal flame that keeps the world’s balance. His power is divine, his purpose absolute. But every ember comes with a cost: emotions feed the fire. Love is forbidden, for it consumes what it touches. When Lyra Daven, a wandering thief, breaks into the temple to steal a relic, she accidentally releases part of the living flame — and binds it to her soul. The fire inside her burns with Arien’s energy, connecting them in body, heart, and pain. Now hunted by priests and soldiers, they flee across the scorched lands of Vaelora, searching for a way to break their bond before it kills them both. As the fire inside Lyra grows stronger, it starts to change the world around her — burning lies, reshaping truth, and revealing the forgotten history of the crown itself. But the flame has a will of its own. And it has chosen them.