Before the fire. Before the fractures. Before everything unraveled.

There was a time when the bloodline stood unbroken—
when secrets remained hidden beneath polished smiles and inherited power.
But the cracks were already there, running deep beneath the surface.

These are the stories of what came before.

Of Serenity Ashmere, whose shadows run deeper than even she knows.
Of Ginerva Valtieri, the girl who traded innocence for survival—and paid the price in silence.
Of Westly Redmoor, caught between duty and desire, and haunted by what he can’t forget.
And of Grisham Ashmere, heir to a legacy he never asked for, whose choices would scorch the path ahead.

This is not the beginning.
This is the warning.