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A Mark of Fire
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PCBritton
Ongoing, First published Oct 18, 2022
Mature
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"If you just give me names, I'll bring you back a necklace of the hands of those who've split your blood." 

His promise sent a shiver down my spine, my fingers closing over my brutal scars.
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If you have magic in your blood, the law states you must be marked with an ancient etching of letters to control both - the magic, and you. 

Bound in permanent service to the kingdom over the wall, you are now destined to lose your home, your family and your freedom, all for the price of being born with magic blood. 

Elira was five years old when she sprouted a sunflower in her palm. Despite her "useless" magic in a land where people are born with actual power, fifteen years later Elira is taken from her family, and her brother Sam is taken captive. 

In service to a handsome prince, Elira searches for the power that they so desperately seek from her before the ceremony that will make her Fae forever. Lost in the golden, sunshine castle surrounded by those with spring and summer magic, Elira sets out to make a deal with Riften- the smirking, cocky prison master. In exchange for her brother's freedom, she will keep Riften's rebellion a secret from those she serves.  Elira only wants to free her brother and protect her family, even if that means helping the terrifying, annoying, gets-under-her-skin-constantly prison master.
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