But the Kaiser has decided the Ash Princess is now of age, and he is plotting decisions for her life that will place her on a dark and dangerous path. Thousands of her people are dead or dying while she lives in relative “comfort” in the palace. When the Kaiser forces Thora to kill the Fire Queen’s last guardian, she starts to wonder if keeping her head down and merely surviving her beatings is enough of an existence. How could any Kalovaxian be a true friend to the Ash Princess? But how much can Thora truly trust this “friendship?” She’s been betrayed before – even by her own people trying to curry favor with the Kaiser. Thora’s only friend is the daughter of the Theyn, the man who murdered the Fire Queen. No longer a princess, but only an Astrean disgrace. She is whipped to remind her – and anyone who would even think of helping her – that she is nothing. She is publicly beaten if there is even a hint of rebellion anywhere in Astrea. Stripped of her strong, true name, Lady Thora tries to keep her head down and survive. Before the Kaiser declares Theodosia is now “Lady Thora,” the Ash Princess. Before the people of Astrea are turned into slaves and the Spiritgems that provide the kingdom’s magic are mined almost to extinction just for decoration of the Kalovaxian nobility. Before the Theyn kills her mother and the Kaiser conquers Astrea. Princess Theodosia is the only daughter of the Astrean Fire Queen.
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