“Peace was built on lies—and it’s starting to crack.” The war is over. The banners are raised. But behind the smiles and songs, something darker stirs. Seragora invites the nobles of Bazel to a festival meant to unite—but no one truly trusts the other. Secrets fester beneath the surface. Magic once buried begins to pulse again. And the fragile peace is fraying at the seams. Tala, daughter of a muckspawn chief, enters the city with a warning few are willing to hear. Her people were pushed to the swamps—now they want more. Ky’len, a noble with a temper and too much to prove, walks into a city that would love to see him fail. And Razma, quiet and overlooked, is caught in a storm of politics, power, and fear that no one will explain. Old magic is waking. Alliances are shifting. And not everyone who wears a hero’s name deserves it. The question isn’t whether the peace will break. It’s how many will fall with it.