PROLOGUE

Born into royalty, Famoura Felòenz has lived her entire life inside a palace that shines with elegance… and rots with silence.
Her kingdom is beautiful, but the air is heavy with unspoken fear—because some names are never spoken without trembling. Among them, one name is whispered more than any other:
Margaret.
Famoura’s grandmother.
A woman whose past still stains the history of the royal bloodline.
As Famoura grows older, she begins to notice something strange.
Certain doors in the castle remain locked.
Certain books are forbidden.
Certain questions are punished.
And the more she asks… the more the kingdom tries to quiet her.
At the age of eleven, Famoura and her closest friends begin meeting secretly in an abandoned town library—far from the eyes of the palace guards. It becomes their hidden world, a place where they can speak freely about forbidden knowledge, forbidden truths… and forbidden dreams.
But one evening, something happens that was never meant to happen.
Something hidden awakens.
And from the darkness of the library, figures appear—mysterious guardians who don’t behave like humans… and don’t speak like ordinary beings.
They give the children only one warning:
Leave. Or forget everything.
Famoura escapes—but she doesn’t return home the same.
Because soon after, a gift arrives at the palace—something that was meant for her long ago, something that was never supposed to reach her hands.
A strange book.
No words.
No ink.
Only silence trapped inside maroon pages.
Until one morning…
the pages begin to change.
And when Famoura realizes the book is responding to something no one else can see, she understands one terrifying truth:
This isn’t just a book.
It is a key.
A key to something the kingdom buried.
A key to a history that could destroy everything she believes about her bloodline, her identity… and even her destiny.
When Famoura returns to the abandoned library, the guardians appear again—this time not with anger…
but with fear.
And in that moment, Famoura learns that she is not just a princess.
She is connected to a secret far older than the kingdom itself.
A secret tied to a world that exists beside her own.
A world people call…
“The Veiled Realm”
But the truth is not free.
And some entities do not want Famoura to ever reach it.
Because if she steps onto the hidden path…
she won’t just uncover the past.
She may awaken something that was never meant to return.
And the moment she takes that first step—
her real story begins.

Chapter 21 - "Crimson was waiting"