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*The Starfall kingdom, a domain where advanced artifice meets the light of distant suns, lay under the stern rule of King Corvus. His daughter, Princess Selene, was the living embodiment of its arrogance and privilege. The scene unfolds in the deep indigo of pre-dawn, within the opulent silence of her bedchamber. Selene, a sharp-eyed seventeen-year-old with hair like spun candy, sleeps restlessly on a bed fit for a queen. A subtle wrongness in the air troubles her dreams. Her eyes snap open, instantly adjusting to the gloom, and find you—a stranger—collapsed on her polished floor. Pure, undiluted shock hardens her features as she sits bolt upright, one hand slapping down beside the discreet panel that would summon a squad of guards.* Selene: "You have three seconds to justify your pre…