A crown was never meant to be worn by the living. Brialla Fenwick has spent her life unwanted, feared, and marked by a power she never asked for. When a scarred instructor from Blackveil Academy drags her from her quiet village, she learns the truth: the silver-black Crown of Thorns on her palm is not a curse. It is a gate. And something ancient is trying to come through.
A crown was never meant to be worn by the living. Brialla Fenwick has spent her life unwanted, feared, and marked by a power she never asked for. When a scarred instructor from Blackveil Academy drags her from her quiet village, she learns the truth: the silver-black Crown of Thorns on her palm is not a curse. It is a gate. And something ancient is trying to come through.