Heir of a sealed king

What kind of person do you become when your past starts telling you who you are? Oren grew up with loss. A dead father. A missing mother. A grandfather trapped in endless sleep. When strange dreams of a ruined battlefield begin to haunt him, he follows a colorless light into the forest—and touches something that was never meant to be found. That single act shatters an ancient ward. Monsters pour into his village. People die. And something far older than the beasts begins to move. Drawn into a world of hidden powers, sealed kings, and truths erased from history, Oren is forced to confront a terrifying question: Is he still himself… or is something from the past slowly becoming him? A slow-burn dark fantasy focused on mystery, psychological depth, atmospheric prose, and a deeply interconnected plot.