She was supposed to die at sixteen.
Instead, something ancient bound itself to her bones—and now the world wants her dead for surviving.
Freya Thorne failed the sacred trial.
No bond. No beast. Just exile.
But when the blade fell, the Ashen Chain woke.
It doesn’t protect. It remembers.
And it chose her.
Now she’s hunted. Shackled. Forgotten.
Until one boy trained to obey sets the sky on fire to protect her.
And the world learns:
She’s not a survivor. She’s a reckoning.
