Emberbound

Kaelen Thorne has spent her life surviving-through battlefields, taverns, and the cold steel of her own reputation. She fights for coin, not crowns. But when she's chosen to serve as protector to Princess Aurelia D'Arden, everything begins to fracture.

Aurelia is light where Kaelen is shadow-elegant, curious, and heir to a kingdom she never asked for. Yet beneath the gold and grace lies something volatile: magic that stirs when she feels too deeply. Anger. Fear. Desire.

When a surge of that magic marks Kaelen with a glowing ember beneath her armor, the bond between them becomes undeniable. Aurelia's emotions feed the fire. Kaelen's restraint keeps it from consuming them both. But loyalty and longing cannot coexist forever.

What starts as protection soon burns into something neither of them can control. But in a world where loyalty is law and love is forbidden, every spark between them is a dangerous rebellion.

And when the fire inside Aurelia finally breaks free, it might just consume them both.