Silence can be a weapon. So can the truth—when it refuses to burn. Nomalii has never spoken a word. Not because she cannot—but because every word she might speak would end something forever. Cursed with visions that detonate reality if interrupted, Nomalii survives by restraint alone. When a dying prophecy draws the attention of a cautious King and a forest older than crowns, she is placed under guard and sent toward Durmista—the forest that chooses who may enter and who will be unmade. Hunted by unseen powers that rewrite fate itself, Nomalii must learn to endure her gift long enough to understand it. Within the Grand Oak, she is given something more dangerous than fire: a way to write without destruction, to record truth without ending the world. But prophecy does not wait. As kingdoms fracture, children begin to fade, and a rival King tightens his grip on a future built on silence, Nomalii is forced to choose between restraint and action. With only her journal, her guardians, and a single moment in which she may speak, she must decide what truths are worth the cost. Because some stories are not meant to be controlled. Some forests remember. And some voices—once found—will never be taken back. Nomalii’s Tale is the second novel in The Children of Durmista , a sweeping fantasy series about choice, prophecy, found family, and the quiet power of those who refuse to let the world decide it