In the heart of Emberwynd, desire runs wild and magic bleeds from bark and roots. The nymphs who call it home live freely, love fiercely, and bow to no one.

Until a stranger arrives, demanding the impossible.

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To save their dying forest, the Emberwynd clan must offer one of their own. Not just any nymph. Ayria. The quiet one. The watcher. The dreamer whose soul is knotted so tightly to the woods that its pain lives in her bones.

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Her fate? To be bound to Soryn, a rare male nymph from a rival clan. A man every other nymph seems to worship.

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Ayria does not.

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Where others see beauty and power, she sees danger. Her mind rejects him completely. Yet her body responds in ways she does not understand and does not want, an instinct that feels wrong, invasive, but impossible to deny.

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Ripped from the arms of her sisters and thrust into a world where nothing is familiar, Ayria resists Soryn at every turn. He watches her too closely. Knows too much. And whatever binds them is far older, and darker, than desire.

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As ancient magic stirs and dangerous truths surface, Ayria must decide what she is willing to lose to protect herself… and whether resisting the bond will save her, or destroy everything.