Bound by Smoke & Ink (Threads of Fate, #0.5)

Before the war begins…
Before fate sets the collision in motion…

In the Empire of Eternal Dawn, magic is not a gift. It is leashed. Controlled. Claimed from the very first moment it appears.

Two lives are about to change.

Aria Fenwyck becomes fluent in all the ways a person disappears. Smoke, gathering in her hands. Grief, teaching her what power costs.

Evander Valcour is taught how a weapon is forged. Ink, binding to his heartbeat. Oaths, carving silence into bone.

She has a secret glen. A sacred rock by a river. A love that chooses her…knowing exactly what it will cost.

He has a palace. A father who trades blood for power. A throne built on inherited cruelty and lies.

And one Empire – closing in on both.

They have not yet met.
But the threads have already been drawn.

This is where it begins.

The choices.
The losses.

The first fracture that cannot be undone.

A devastating prelude to The Spark of Rebellion – Book I of the Threads of Fate series.

The Spark is coming.

Step into the universe before it ignites…