The Shards of a Queen

According to the Legends of Phoenix and Ash: Some are born to be fighters. A few are born to be leaders. And one. One is born to embrace the darkness. There is a voice in Alexandria's mind. One that whispers dreams of power and revenge. One that shows visions of her loved ones' dead bodies, and their blood on her hands. One that overwhelms her senses with the smell of smoke, the feeling of ash, the taste of blood, the sound of screams. All. Because. Of her. Lost in her mania from the lies fed to her since birth, Ali befriends the strikingly familiar Prince Pyros of Azar, who gives her a proposition. Burn her family's corrupt kingdom to the ground and build a new one from the ashes. One that they rule. While navigating a world filled with corrupt, magical gemstones, Ali realizes that Jawahra has a bad habit of passing off prophecies as legends, and she needs to figure out the truth before it's too late. Even if it means she needs to destroy the present to save the future. With war approaching and the corruption gripping Pyros' heart growing, Alexandria can't help wondering whether the prophecies were about her or if they were about her beloved Prince of Ashes all along. Alexandria won't stand for that. She must be the sole ruler of Jawahra.