Chains and Ashes, Book One of A Curse in Blood and Bones
10 parts Ongoing MatureBranded since birth like the rest of her people, Hazel Veyra has known only chains, cruelty, and survival. The Unseelie lords carve obedience into the flesh of witches, using them, binding their magic and breaking their wills. But Hazel has never forgotten the ones who cannot fight back - the children, the helpless, and Nellie, the friend who is more sister than anything else.
When a chance at escape rips her from servitude and into a world of demons, lies, and Unseelie assassins, Hazel is forced into an uneasy alliance with Alaric Kaelthorn, a Fae shifter as dangerous as he is relentless. His pack bleeds in the shadows, his past is written in scars, and his eyes never leave Hazel - whether in suspicion, or something darker she cannot name.
But the deeper she walks into freedom, the more Hazel feels something stirring inside her. A power not her own. A whisper that tempts. A promise that terrifies.
Chains can be broken. Ashes can scatter. But every breath of freedom demands a sacrifice - and Hazel must decide how much of herself she is willing to burn.