Crown of Dust and Echoes

I’m Kyra Vesz, and my life has always been about two things: the sting of cinders in my lungs and the satisfying crack of my knuckles against a jaw. In the grimy districts of Osvát, my volatile, unrefined magic - my 'Cinderfury' - was a tool for survival. But when it erupts during a festival, I don't just get arrested; I get humiliated in front of the entire city, including the four fearsome princes of the realm. Turns out, my chaotic power is the legendary Sun-Spark, a sign that I'm the kingdom's prophesied savior and the fated 'Heartstone' meant to choose a royal consort. Suddenly, I'm whisked from the gutter to a palace filled with silks, schemes, and four princes who look at me less like a savior and more like a weapon to be tamed. They're my rivals, my tutors, and my unwanted suitors, each more dangerously alluring than the last. But as a cabal of vicious noblewomen tries to destroy me and I struggle to control a power that could burn the kingdom down, I uncover the prophecy’s terrifying fine print: if I don’t choose a mate and fully awaken my power by the next solar eclipse, the Cinderfury won't just kill me - it will consume us all. Can I master my own fire and choose a partner before our fated bond becomes our funeral pyre?