“These are not records meant for history.
They are pieces of me—unfinished, unspoken, and until now, unseen.
I never imagined anyone would hear these thoughts…
let alone someone I chose to trust.
What you’re about to hear is not the Queen the Empire sees.
It is the voice behind the silence.
The ache behind the crown.
The images… the words… the pauses in between,
they are mine. And now, they are yours.
Thank you… for listening.
– Aliyah, Queen of the Eighth House”