The Unlit Prince
Prince Caden Ashford has one chance to prove his worth: touch the ancient Hearthstone and ignite the royal fire within. But when the sacred stone rejects him, branding him 'Unlit'....
Prince Caden Ashford has one chance to prove his worth: touch the ancient Hearthstone and ignite the royal fire within. But when the sacred stone rejects him, branding him 'Unlit' and condemning him to exile in the frozen Frostmarch, his world shatters. His own father disowns him, his brother mocks his failure, and a lifetime of cold, chronic illness seems to have sealed his fate. Yet, as he coughs up ash and faces banishment, a flicker of impossible warmth stirs within him, a secret power that defies the very stone that cast him out. Was his failure a setup, or is there a deeper, darker truth to his family's legacy and the fire that burns in their blood?