When Fate Suffers
A novel
Devotion turns to resentment. Resentment brings ruin.
In her exile, Aleva, former Carnifex of Kestia, has traded breaking bones for mending them. She asks for nothing more than a quiet life in her village alongside her cat, Kira, hiding from the bloody legacy of her past. That fragile peace shatters when an injured nobleman arrives at her door, and the danger he brings forces them to flee with Kira in tow.
Serea, Steward of Faria, is scrambling to save her starving nation as the land splits, fields rot, and the sky rains stone. When her brother unexpectedly shows up with the Kestian surgeon who saved him, the cause of these events comes to light. Goddess Fate is missing and the Flame she used to forge the world is unbound, burning through the fabric of the universe.
In light of these news, Aleva resolves to protect Kira at all costs, while Serea fights for the survival of her entire realm. To mend the world, the two women who seemingly have nothing in common must form an alliance and harness Fate’s Flame. But the Flame demands their souls. And Fate demands an even steeper price.
When the goddess asks for the very things that they value above all, will they be heroes, or villains?