Survive the court that erased her past while hiding her true identity.
Victoria rules a scrap heap as Lyra, turning wreckage into survival, until Leo, Marshal Alexander's son, crashes into her routine calling her mother. Alexander whisks them to the capital, planning to parade Lyra as a decoy for the vanished monarch. Meanwhile, courtier Selena has claimed Victoria's final triumph over the Insectoids and now moves to bury the only living witness. The marshal sees a convenient substitute; his son sees a parent; Selena sees a loose end. Lyra holds the proof of every lie in hands stained by salvage grease.
Why it hooks you
- Queen hides in plain sight as decoy
- Son recognizes mother everyone forgot
- Villain stole the hero's glory
Intensity
High-stakes palace intrigue wrapped in a scrappy survival shell.
