Author’s Note to My Readers

Dear Readers,

It feels both exciting and humbling to finally share this story with you. This is my first novel presented here, and though the pages belong to the characters, the heart behind it belongs to me. To write is to reveal a hidden piece of oneself, and to know that you are here, reading these words, fills me with gratitude I can hardly describe.

When I first imagined this tale, it came to me not as a grand design but as a soft whisper — a flicker of light against shadow. A girl who dreams of someone she has never met. A boy who feels the same yearning from across a realm divided. From that whisper grew voices, names, faces, and emotions that demanded to be heard. Seraphina, Kael, Lucien, Elira, Lyra — each of them stepped forward, carrying secrets, desires, and struggles that made them real in my heart long before they appeared on these pages.

This story is not merely about kingdoms or prophecy, but about the most fragile and powerful thing of all: connection. The pull between two souls who should not meet, yet cannot stop searching for one another. The silent ache of those who love without being seen. The choices between duty and desire, light and shadow, fate and freedom. Perhaps, in some way, you will find a reflection of yourself in these characters — in their longing, in their strength, or even in their mistakes.

As you walk with them through luminous gardens and shadowed halls, I hope you allow yourself to feel deeply. Let the tenderness of Lucien’s devotion touch you, even as his love goes unspoken. Notice the quiet ache in Elira’s heart, as she smiles through her pain. And most of all, listen for the voice of Kael, whose presence lingers in Seraphina’s dreams like a promise she cannot release. Every chapter is a thread, and together they weave a tapestry of love, sacrifice, and destiny.

I ask you, dear reader, to keep turning these pages. The story has only begun to unfurl. Ahead lies wonder and sorrow, joy and heartbreak, revelations that may shake the very foundation of this world. And yet, it is in the trembling that truth is born. The Veil that separates light and shadow is weakening, and as it does, so too will the lives of these characters unravel and entwine in ways they could never expect.

Thank you for giving your time, your attention, and your imagination to this work. Your presence here means more than you know. I hope that as you read, you feel not only the journey of the characters but also the sincerity of the hand that wrote them. This is not a perfect story — no story ever is — but it is one born from love and offered to you with honesty.

So come, walk with me. Step into this world. Allow it to unfold around you like dawn breaking across the horizon. Together, let us see where fate will lead.

With all my heart,

KAJANE

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