The Regent of Elder Tree

Elowen Vael carries her dying son Lior to Silver Court, where the Elder Tree recognizes his dual bloodline. Her former husband Caelan denies their marriage vow, colluding with House Veyr to cut it from the archives. As border wards crack with black-root pollution, Elowen discovers Lord Thandrel Veyr altered the map and framed her mother Aelwyn as a traitor. In the border grove, Elowen retrieves Aelwyn's complete root vow, proving she sealed the darkness Thandrel unleashed. Returning to Silver Co