Aflame – Roseanna M White (1)

Copyright © 2026, Roseanna M. White All rights reserved. Reproduction in part or in whole is strictly forbidden without the express written consent of the publisher, with the exception of a brief quotation for review purposes. Cover artwork and map by Caroline Smith of www.CarolineCalligraphie.com Cover design and typesetting by Roseanna White Designs WhiteCrown Publishing, a division of WhiteFire Publishing 13607 Bedford Rd NE Cumberland, MD 21502 ISBNs: 979-8-88709-153-2 (paperback) 979-8-88709-154-9 (digital) 1kitap1.com/en MAP 1kitap1.com/en DEDICATION To Kristy Burtenshaw who told me about wings of light and flame.

1kitap1.com/en PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR NAMES Remember: J sounds like Y and emphasis is usually on the first syllable Andresa — AHN-dray-suh Daemon — DAY-muhn Dania — DAH-nee-ah Einar — AY-nar Elianne — EH-lee-ahn Fjordlandi — fyord-LAN-dee Fjordic — FYORD-ic Fodur — FOH-der Freya — FRAY-uh Isidor — EEZ-uh-dor Krystiana — KRIS-tee-ahn-uh Mamma — MOM-uh Nikanor — NEEK-uh-nor Rafnar —RAFF-nar Reykstoll — RAKE-stahl Stefanos — stef-AHN-ohs Tristan — TRISS-tan Valkyrja / Kyrja — val-KEER-ya / KEER-ya 1kitap1.com/en T 1 he water waited, asking to be pulled up from the springs beneath the arena, to be chilled and frozen into the icy floor beneath Valkyrja’s boots.

To be crystallized in the air, built into snowflakes larger than what nature ever produced on its own. Who was she to ignore it? A smile on her lips, she expanded the crystals she’d helped form into a sculpture suspended in the air and sent it spinning. Her brother batted them away, turning her work into powder with a flick of his hand and a sigh not as indulgent as usual.

“Pretty and useless, Kyrja. Focus.” A word he said so often, she heard it in her sleep. Focus. Will. Act. No need to wonder why Einar’s tone was sharp today though. Just as there was no need to dart her gaze toward their small audience to feel their family’s attention. Mamma, always encouraging. Fodur, always cold and impassive and untouched by the feeling that would melt the ice he needed to rule Fjordlandi.

And of course, Krystiana, always taunting. “Pretty and useless—that ought to sound familiar.” Kyrja rolled her shoulders, telling herself her older sister’s words slid off as well. Himmel knew she’d been hearing similar insults all her nearly- thirty-five years. Her brother, older than her by two decades, caught her gaze and silently bade her to follow the instructions he’d given her countless times since she’d been Awakened to the Blessing on her fifth birthday. He, as the eldest child of the king and the Heir—an official office that, so far as she could tell, gave him nothing but headaches and responsibility—had been given the honor of slicing her finger with the Awakening Blade.

Of watching the bowl for the telltale flourish of magical blood in the water.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

Book Information

• Unique ID: 990c62c4ae95b8a0
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• Title: –
• Author: Unknown
• ISBN: 9798887091532, 9798887091549
• Pages: 370
• Language: English (en)

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• Estimated Reading Time: 686.51 minutes
• Total Words: 137,302
• Total Characters: 757,816
• Average Words per Page: 371.09
• Average Characters per Page: 2048.15

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