The Oathbreaker and the Iris Song A sacred Vow is broken. A forgotten shame is revealed. Matthias Aetherian is the pinnacle of the Paladin Order: a warrior consecrated by the sacred Iris Vows, sworn to combat the chaotic power of the Faye. His life is an absolute dedication to Divine Light and discipline, masking a dangerous secret: the Iris Song , a yearning for a life unburdened by perfection. Then, a desperate cry draws him across the Emerald Border . Elara is a Faye of cold, crystalline logic, but she carries the Waning Secret : the truth of her species' own forgotten mortal origin. She was once vulnerable, a small child exposed during her people’s Recuperative Waning , and she was saved by the hands of a young Matthias. Now, as the Faye’s Jade Court accelerates the Great Silence (their plan for total annihilation), Elara is forced to act. Matthias is the only mortal witness to the Faye’s greatest shame, and his existence alone threatens to dismantle the foundation of two worlds. Treason is their only Vow. Hunted by the Faye Annihilators for the magical disruption of her confession, and pursued by the ruthless Captain Soren and the Paladin Order for his profound act of apostasy, Matthias and Elara flee deeper into the Wild Lands. Matthias is stripped of his divine light, suffering the physical weight of his mortal choice, while Elara struggles to conceal the scent of her awakened compassion. Hiding in the Sunken Wood, they are trapped: facing certain death if they stay, and annihilation if they run. But with his Vow dead and his armor heavy, Matthias makes his final confession to Elara: "I will not let you fear alone." Their survival is an act of war. Their confession is their last chance.