KHASTRIYALEXANDRITE (THE FIRST KEEPER) SPO4 Ced Apolinar is a pragmatic cop who relies on logic and motorcycles over magic. When her former teacher and classmates vanish, her reality fractures. Her partner, Leanne, reveals an otherworldly heritage just as time-frozen royals appear demanding the Scepter of Novaria. Plagued by desert dreams and hunted through dangerous city streets, Ced discovers her true bloodline. She is no longer just an officer—she is the key to Khastriya's survival or destruction.

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