“She was abandoned with a green pendant. Now an entire land trembles at the sight of it. Elaine Heikens is the quiet adopted daughter of a wealthy family. At night she is a legendary underground healer, and a deadly fighter no one suspects. Her adopted sister wants her dead. Her uncle wants the empire. And the wounded stranger she saves is hiding an identity that could burn her whole world down. When betrayal pushes her to the edge of death, Elaine wakes to a truth she was never meant to learn. She is the last heir of the Heiken bloodline, born to a mother who was murdered for it. Her family's enemies have been hunting that bloodline for twenty years. To claim her place in the hidden land of Vaelmoor, she must survive the Ascension Trials, where losing means dying. A jealous rival wants her crown. A vengeful aunt wants her buried. And the cold, powerful lord who rules the land looks at her like a stranger, while hiding that he would burn the world for her. She came for the truth. She will leave with the crown.”