Book Synopsis
A princess without magic. A prince bound by duty. A kingdom that fears what she represents.
When Princess Elira of Vividelle enters the Diamond Trials, everyone expects her to fail. The challenges are built for powerful elemental mages not for the only competitor with no magic at all. But Elira sees patterns others overlook, earns unlikely allies, and begins to expose cracks in the trials themselves.
Crown Prince Julien was raised to believe the trials would choose his perfect, politically approved bride. Yet the more he watches Elira survive the impossible, the more he questions the traditions he was born to uphold… and the father determined to see her eliminated.
As danger deepens and the trials grow deadlier, Elira and Julien must decide whether to accept the roles their kingdoms demand — or defy a system designed to break them both.
Because sometimes the strongest light comes from the one who was never meant to shine.
Book three in the Jewel Realm.