HarrietJo
In a world where magic is inherited, controlled, and claimed, Elira was born with nothing.
Marked as giftless, orphaned young, and taught that survival meant staying unseen, she learned to live quietly - to work, to endure, to expect nothing from the world. But when desperation leads her to accept a position in the coldest noble house in the realm, Elira's life crosses paths with a man bound by grief, duty, and an oath he swore never to break.
Lord Caelreth Valebryn does not believe in mercy for himself - only order. He has already loved once. He has already paid the price.
As Elira's hidden magic awakens - a healing power long thought impossible - she becomes everything the world fears: a Gift that cannot be owned, regulated, or controlled. The nobles want her claimed. The laws demand her obedience. And Caelreth is forced to choose between the system that shaped him and the woman who is quietly changing it.
Their bond is slow, forbidden, and undeniable - forged in silence, sacrifice, and moonlit moments where truth is safer than daylight.
But when power is treated as property, love becomes rebellion.
And Elira must decide whether healing one life at a time is enough...
or whether the world itself must be remade.