Star Ash Covenant

She was born to witness the truth. But in this empire, truth is the first thing they erase. Avra Nightglass, heir to a powerful noble house, saves Riven — a chained prisoner condemned as a plague, a monster, and a crime against the throne. The empire claims he has no name, no past, and no bloodline worth remembering. But when forbidden star-fire awakens inside him, Avra realizes the man everyone fears may be the last proof of a royal secret buried beneath centuries of lies. As she follows the trail of stolen memories, forged trials, and vanished witnesses, Avra discovers that the sacred Sky-Axis Clock is not protecting the empire. It is keeping an unforgivable truth locked away. Now the golden heir Veylan wants Riven executed, Avra forced into marriage, and every surviving witness silenced before the old bloodline returns. But Avra refuses to become a bride in a cage. Beside Riven, she turns every betrayal into evidence and every forgotten name into rebellion. If the empire remembers what it did, the throne will fall. But the final memory hidden inside Riven is worse than treason. Because the monster they tried to erase… may not be the enemy. And the real heir to the empire may have been standing beside Avra all along.