Chapter One: The Sky Cracked at Midnight
They say the stars are silent. But Ara felt them scream the night the sky broke.
Born in the crumbling city of Dareth on the last island that floated above the poisoned earth, Ara Valen had always sensed something wrong with the sky. When a celestial object—an obsidian shard—crashed into the Floating Spire, her quiet life unraveled.
She touched the shard. It spoke her name.
Chapter Two: The Order of the Glass Mind
The ruling elite known as the Order of the Glass Mind branded her a "Starborn"—a mythological traitor foretold to either save or doom the world.
Ara fled, hunted not only by the Order but by shadows that wore human skin. Her only ally: Kael, a rogue cartographer with a stolen sky map and eyes that reflected constellations no one else could see.
Chapter Three: The Blood Clock
Beneath the Citadel, an ancient device ticked with blood—counting down to the Shatterfall, the moment the last floating city would fall.
Ara discovered her blood awakened forgotten magic. The Veil between worlds weakened as her powers grew, revealing hidden realms where stars whispered secrets… and demands.
Chapter Four: The Twin Betrayals
Kael betrayed her to the Order. But not for gold. For love—he was trying to save his sister, cursed by the shard long before Ara touched it.
Ara made a choice: save Kael's sister and lose her magic—or keep her power and doom them all.
She chose sacrifice.
Chapter Five: The Veil Shatters
Ara walked into the Celestial Rift to end the curse, shattering her own soul to reseal the Veil. Kael screamed her name, but she was gone—merged with the stars she once feared.
The floating cities steadied. The Order fell.
And every night after, the stars whispered a new name.
Ara Valen.