Broken Bonds

Ryn Solace has mastered the art of disappearing.

At school, she's a ghost in a hoodie. At home, she's a mistake her father never lets her forget. She survives by staying small, silent, unseen... until the day something inside her finally cracks. A hallway full of flickering lights. A rush of wind that comes from nowhere. Claws where her fingers should be.

Monsters don't live in Ashgrove.
At least, that's what Ryn keeps telling herself.

Then there's Kaelis Vire-the new teacher with ocean eyes, quiet power, and a calm that feels far too steady for someone who doesn't belong here. She sees Ryn in ways no one ever has... and ways Ryn isn't ready to understand. Magic stirs when they're close. The air shifts. And something ancient between them begins to wake.

As Ryn's buried power claws to the surface, the past lurking in the woods starts whispering again. Magic is moving in Ashgrove. Old bloodlines are remembering their names. And Ryn must decide whether she'll keep running from the monster she fears she is... or become something even the forest learns to bow to.

Pain made her quiet.
But power is about to make her heard.

A slow-burn, emotionally charged dark fantasy about trauma, unseen magic, and a bond powerful enough to split the world open.