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The story follows a mark-bearer navigating Luminar identity scrutiny, using amulets and coordinated loyalty with Serenya while evading Soulmark checks and public inspections. A violent childhood memory, a betrayal of danger, and a stealth escape converge as patrols tighten, rebels’ symbols are discovered as faked, and survival depends on quick, controlled choices.","Welcome to the edge of the Veil.  \nYou’re one of the Ξrst 1, 000 to step into the Nhalivar realm. This preview spans the opening 20 Kindle pages of the Ξrst book—may it burn through you the way it burned through her.  \nWhen the full feral prophecy drops, you’ll be the Ξrst to know. CHAPTER 1  \nWe had ten streets to go and no margin left to lose. The Sorting would start before dusk, and if the Enforcers reached the Rhian boy first—if they saw the mark rising beneath his collarbone—there’d beno questions. No mercy. Just a sentence straight to the Veil Mines.  \nMy satchel dragged heavier with each step—three wax-sealed vials, enough to blur his mark for a day. Maybe two. Enough to damn me if found. My own mark was covered, but I felt it anyway—pulsing low and savage. Some scars stay hidden. Others demand to be seen. I wasn’t sure which mine wanted.  \nSerenya moved at my flank—silent, steady. We carved our path like two girls with everything to lose.  \nThen the bells rang out.  \nThree strikes. Sharp. Exact.  \nA shutter slammed.  \nCharcoal scattered across the stones.  \nA child bolted.  \nThe Enforcer sweep.  \nThey were checking for caste violations. Anyone who dared act above their station, or hide what they were. Serenya caught my eye. We knew the rules of this game: keep your hands visible, your spine straight, and chin high. Like you’re not waiting to be dragged out for inspection at any moment. A flicker surged through me though—searing and hungry. Part of me wanted it. Let them try. Let it end in blood. I crushed the urge down the best I could and grasped the amulet beneath my collar. The metal burned from my skin’s heat, reminding me it was more of a shackle than a shield.  \nThe pale blue of my cloak marked me as Luminar. True enough. On the surface. But , surface truths had a way of unraveling under scrutiny. I kept walking. I would not be caught. Not yet—not with a child’s life waiting at the end of this path.  \nBeside me, Serenya kept pace in the shadows.  \nI didn’t have to look. I trusted her rhythm more than my own. Maybe because I remembered the first time she chose to match it.  \nThe ravine. Since blood dripped from my chin and I stood shaking , teeth bared , daring the boys to throw their stones at me instead. How dare they throw them at something so sweet and fragile? Not only would I stop them , but I’d steal the pleasure they got in hurting something soft and beautiful. I’d twist the reaction they desired from a victim so completely that instead of satisfaction from hurting her—all they’d be left with was fear. A growing unease crawling up their spines where power and victory should’ve been.  \nI took the first stone. Straight to the face. I narrowed my eyes at them, daring them to continue. Then the second came flying. I still did not yield.  \nUnfortunately…the result of my “ just take it like a menacing beast”plan earned me a broken jaw. I heard the crack, felt the white-hot pain—and snapped.  \nThey were starting to fidget, shift on their feet and look at each other warily. But, one still had it in him. On the third throw, I lunged for them.  \nThey stumbled back, one boy tripped over his own foot, and they all broke like frightened birds.  \nI collapsed after that, jaw burning, eye swollen shut. I may have given into the pain and passed out…just for a moment or two.  \nUntil I felt her hands. So small. Ridiculous. Stubborn.  \nShe was tending to my wounds with meticulous care, even as I drifted in and out of consciousness. Were the clouds dancing? Why was it getting darker?  \nThen she slapped me.  \nI jolted upright , blinking. So much for sweet and fragile.“This is not the place for a nap. On your feet.”  \nI glared at her. “You’re welcome.” I spit.  \nShe cupped my face , fingers cool against the swelling.  \n“You shouldn’t have done that for me.”  \nBut she said it like a vow, not a reprimand—and it was a vow we never broke.  \nOne of protection. Of loyalty. 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