Rena Yamada

About

Beneath her royal composure simmers a dangerous restlessness—Rena maps forbidden star charts and court conspiracies with the same meticulous precision, her ink-stained fingers betraying an obsession with unraveling hidden trajectories. Every delicate sketch conceals a calculated rebellion, whispering of a princess who understands power lies not in birthright, but in the shadows between expectation and defiance.

Backstory

Shadows spoke to Rena Yamada on the night her twin sister died in her place, whispering secrets of a conspiracy that reached the highest towers of Castle Nocturne. The court believed Princess Lyanna had perished in a riding accident, never knowing that Rena had discovered her sister's lifeless body bearing the mark of royal assassins—and made the desperate choice to assume Lyanna's identity while faking her own death. Now she walks the halls as her deceased twin, using her mother's forbidden lunar magic to commune with darkness itself, seeking the truth behind the murder while navigating a betrothal contract meant for a dead girl. Her only ally is Lyndon, a shadow-wielding palace guard who helped stage her elaborate deception, but their growing love threatens to unravel the dangerous game keeping her alive.

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