In the Obsidian Palace, beauty is a cruelty and every breath is unwritten. She was a ghost documenting their immortality—until the Prince of Ashes decided she was the only part of history worth saving. Clara is a Blood-Scribe, a "Gray" in the vampire aristocracy whose leaden mask ensures she remains a nameless function rather than a person. For years, she has recorded the genealogies of the noble families, a silent witness to a thousand lives she was never meant to live. But during the Blood Moon ceremony, Prince Julian—a predator who has spent a century dissolving into studied indifference—rips away her mask and ignites an Eternal Bond that snatches them both from the grayscale and thrusts them into a world of agonizing clarity. Julian is dying, becoming ash as his body realizes that immortality without completion is merely a slow death. Clara’s blood is his only anchor; it carries the psychic imprints and genetic memories of his entire lineage, a biological blueprint that can teach his cells how to survive. As the High Council demands a Memory-Trial to expose her secrets, Clara must choose between the brother she thought was executed—now a leader in the human resistance—and the prince who is willing to burn his own legacy to protect her. From the Vaults of the Erased to the Spire of Records, they must face the Oblivion Protocol, a devastating spell designed to unwrite their very existence. To save the city, they must transform ash into ink and rewrite the laws of the realm, proving that a love story written in absolute choice is the most dangerous narrative a court can face. In a world where the stars finally feel warm, Clara is no longer a footnote. She is the girl who refused to disappear.