The Kingdom of Broken Saints

Elara Vane was born to serve the light. She chose the shadows instead. Trained as a Saint, reborn as an assassin, she carries forbidden magic in her hair and the weight of a massacred village on her soul. Her final mission should be simple: kill the dying Crown Prince and disappear. But Prince Kaelen is already dying from the inside out—cursed by the very light his kingdom worships. He looks at Elara's darkness and doesn't flinch. He sees a mirror, not a monster. Now they're trapped in a game of poisoned crowns and ancient lies. The fanatical High Luminary who burned Elara's world wants to unleash an evil older than the kingdom. Kaelen's own brother hides in the same shadows Elara calls home. And the only magic that can save them is the one that makes her a target: wielding both Light and Shadow as one. Some saints fall. Some monsters rise. In a kingdom built on broken faith, the most dangerous thing they can do is trust each other.