by LioraThyr
Beneath endless grey ash, I’ve buried my true identity as the Silver-Crowned heir for sixteen quiet years. I only wanted to live as a nobody fortune teller - until a dying elf dragged my family’s bloody secret back to me. The tyrant Emerald Queen locked my sister away to hunt my ancient power, the magic that can tear open the gate between the living and the dead. On my desperate quest across the cursed wasteland, I cross paths with Keth’ras, the Queen’s most feared silver-eyed general sent to capture me. He’s supposed to drag me to the throne, yet he abandons everything to stand at my side. Buried betrayals, four centuries of court ruin, and a prophecy that five chosen souls alone can break the queen’s iron reign await us. What starts as bitter hatred between us blooms into a love forged from loss. Now I must choose: unleash the ash’s ancient power, or sacrifice myself to free everyone trapped in this dying grey world?
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter 1: The Fortune Teller of a Death Night | — |
| 2 | Chapter 2: Flight in the Ashen Reach | — |
| 3 | Chapter 3: The General in the Cave | — |
| 4 | Chapter 4: Keth'ras on the Long Road | — |
| 5 | Chapter 5: Keth'ras's True Name | — |
| 6 | Chapter 6: The Poet in the Reach | — |
| 7 | Chapter 7: The Silver-Tree Keep | — |
| 8 | Chapter 8: The Poet at the Silver Court | — |
| 9 | Chapter 9: The Long Court | — |
| 10 | Chapter 10: The Night of the Hidden Wood | — |
| 11 | Chapter 11: Keth'ras at the Edge of the Wood | — |
| 12 | Chapter 12: The Priestess at the Edge | — |
| 13 | Chapter 13: The Memory the Queen Took | — |
| 14 | Chapter 14: The Thing in the Deep Reach | — |
| 15 | Chapter 15: The Dwarf in the Door | — |
| 16 | Chapter 16: Three Days with the Dwarf | — |
| 17 | Chapter 17: The Heart of the Mountain | — |
| 18 | Chapter 18: The Three Days Before the Baptism | — |
| 19 | Chapter 19: The Baptism of the Mountain | — |
| 20 | Chapter 20: The Queen's Summons | — |
| 21 | Chapter 21: The Seven Day Countdown | — |
| 22 | Chapter 22: The Prince Who Wrote Poems | — |
| 23 | Chapter 23: The Night of the Tear | — |
| 24 | Chapter 24: The Road to the Emerald Throne | — |
| 25 | Chapter 25: The Ash Tide | — |
| 26 | Chapter 26: The Night After the Tide | — |
| 27 | Chapter 27: The Gate of the Emerald Throne | — |
| 28 | Chapter 28: The Queen's Offer | — |
| 29 | Chapter 29: The Choosing | — |
| 30 | Chapter 30: The Road Ahead | — |
| 31 | Chapter 31: The Entrance | — |
| 32 | Chapter 32: The Ruins of the Silver Court | — |
| 33 | Chapter 33: The War-Band | — |
| 34 | Chapter 34: The Border of the Hidden Wood | — |
| 35 | Chapter 35: The Priest's Hall | — |
| 36 | Chapter 36: Miriel | — |
| 37 | Chapter 37: Sisters | — |
| 38 | Chapter 38: Return to the Silver Court | — |
| 39 | Chapter 39: Keth'ras's Memory | — |
| 40 | Chapter 40: The Straight Line | — |
| 41 | Chapter 41: The Garden Remembers | — |
| 42 | Chapter 42: Rane's Last Stand | — |
| 43 | Chapter 43: Liriel | — |
| 44 | Chapter 44: The Dwarf Who Chose | — |
