Kallydia serves as temple priestess while suffering relentless coercion from her greedy mother, who uses mystical incense to push her into the bed of the Sun God Helios. Fleeing into the morning mists out of sheer shame, she leaves behind only an inscribed armband, unaware that misunderstandings have poisoned Helios's thoughts against her.
Believing she is merely a deceitful opportunist, the enraged deity cuts all ties, abandoning Kallydia just as the golden spark of divine pregnancy quickens inside her. Facing public flogging, family condemnation, and terrifying trials from vindictive elders, Kallydia suffers in silence to safeguard her unborn child until divine revelations shake the heavens.
