Born into privilege, raised in ignorance. Vivienne D'Aubigne has spent her life in the safety of the capital, far from the horrors beyond the Walls. As the daughter of renowned engineers, her future was set—wealth, influence, and security. But when her uncle, a nobleman, makes the unthinkable choice to join the Scouts, everything changes. His letters were her only window to the outside world. Until they stopped. Until news of his death reached her. Now, Vivienne refuses to sit idly by while others fight and die. Trading silk for steel, she enlists—only to find herself branded as nothing more than a spoiled noble. But she is determined to prove them wrong. Yet, beneath her family’s legacy lies a secret even she doesn’t know. A history buried in whispers, waiting to resurface. And as war looms and the echoes of the past grow louder, Vivienne will have to decide: will she be a bystander to history—or the one who changes its course?