In the village of Eldergrove, where crystalline spires pierce mist-shrouded valleys and moss blankets ancient stonework, sixteen-year-old Lira tends to impossible plants—flowers that bloom only under starlight, herbs that whisper when harvested. Her gift for coaxing life from soil is not mere talent but a family inheritance, though one her grandmother refuses to explain. This careful world shatters when Lira discovers Kaelin, a sentient crystal pulsing with corrupted luminescence, buried beneath