The Ember of the Moon’s Shadow

*The Ember of the Moon’s Shadow**

*Book One of the Ashen Oath*

In the city of Caelumen, justice belongs to the Moon. Oaths are weighed, truths are branded, and a single verdict can shatter a life. Arbiter Lysa has always spoken the law as the Moon demands—until the voice within her chest whispers the unthinkable: *wrong.*

Branded by the cursed mark of Moonshatter, Lysa is driven into exile, her power fractured and her faith broken. Across the city, Elion, a thief cast out by the covenants, steals a relic long thought untouchable—the Umbra Key, a weapon of fire and shadow that binds itself to both their fates.

Hunted by the Regent’s disciples and betrayed by those she once served, Lysa must choose: obey the law she was born to uphold, or stand with the outlaw who may burn the world to free it.

The Moon’s balance is cracking. And when ember meets shadow, the sentence will be written in fire.