Aetheria Luxis was never meant to love. She was raised to serve, shaped by duty, and bound to the Luxn Order with unwavering devotion. As a General of the Canturi and a High Council member, she is the paragon of discipline, wisdom, and restraint. There is no room in her life for selfish desires—only the mission, the stability of the galaxy, and the preservation of order.
But {male counterpart} has never been one to abide by the rules.
Once, he was a Canturi warrior like her—a brilliant strategist, a commander who stood at her side through countless battles. But while she remained steadfast in her faith in the Luxn Order, he began to question it. He saw the cracks forming, the growing corruption festering beneath its noble image. And when he spoke out, he was cast aside, branded a dissenter, a man who could no longer be trusted.
Years later, their paths cross once more. {male counterpart} is no longer the man she once knew—he has become a rogue, a force moving against the Order in secret. But his heart has never wavered from her. He has always loved Aetheria, in silence, in longing, in the quiet spaces where no one else could see.
And she has always known.
But love is not her destiny. She cannot belong to him—not when her life belongs to the Luxn Order.
Even so, he does not stop loving her. And in the spaces between duty and longing, in the stolen moments neither of them should allow, they find themselves drawn together once again—only to break apart, over and over.