The Villain Fell First

The Villain Fell FirstShe was sent to end him. Instead, she stayed.Once, Elara was the villain the world survived by fearing. A crowned force of annihilation, loved and loathed in equal measure. When she died, the world rebuilt itself around the promise that she would never return. It was a lie. Resurrected without her memories and shaped into a weapon by an Order that claims to protect balance, Elara is sent on a final mission: assassinate the Dark Lord who still rules from the mountains—and finish what history began. But Kael is not the monster she was taught to expect. He rules quietly. He protects without conquest. And worst of all, he knows her—not as she is now, but as she once was. The woman who ruled with terrible mercy. The woman he loved enough to stop.As fragments of her past surface and the world begins to pull toward an old, familiar crown, Elara must confront the truth behind the villain she used to be—and decide whether power is something to wield, refuse, or walk away from entirely.