Saeris Fane is out here in Zilvaren—aka the driest, most stressful desert city imaginable where water is basically gold—deciding that stealing an actual gold gauntlet from a guardian is a solid life choice. Bold. Questionable. But bold.

Naturally, this goes exactly how you’d expect.

She grabs the gauntlet and runs off to find her brother Hayden, only to run into Carrion Swift… who is charming, criminal, and unfortunately someone she has history with (you know the kind). She hands Hayden the bag with the stolen gauntlet—because what could go wrong—and gets distracted flirting/arguing with Carrion.

Spoiler: everything goes wrong.

Hayden disappears, gets caught by guardians, and Saeris—being the ride-or-die sister she is—basically says “nope, that’s on me” and proceeds to fight trained soldiers. She even kills two (casual), but eventually gets captured.

Now things get weird.

She’s dragged before Queen Madra, who immediately jumps to “you must’ve been trained by the Fae” (which Saeris thought were just bedtime stories, but okay). Saeris refuses to spill anything, so Madra orders her execution and threatens her entire neighborhood. Love that energy.

So they stab her… and instead of dying like a normal person, Saeris goes “actually no” and accidentally unlocks her metal-bending powers (hello??). She melts the weapon, grabs a mysterious sword, and suddenly the floor turns into liquid metal. Because sure, why not.

Then a guy who looks like Death himself shows up, chains her like she’s in some fantasy horror romance, and drags her through a portal.

Casual Tuesday.