To Break a Mirror

The mountain is hungry, and it no longer cares for the laws of men.

Caitlin was supposed to be the Sovereign Anchor, a living seal against the tectonic rot devouring the realm. Instead, the mercury in her blood is turning her into a monster. Her joints grind with silver fire, and the entity beneath the bedrock has started speaking with her voice. The Council demands a purity test that will hollow her out, but Caitlin is done being a component.

Prince Khelben is a man of stone and shadows, his body fracturing under the weight of a petrifying curse. To save Caitlin, he must commit treason against the very throne he was born to protect. Their magical bond was engineered as a cage, fueled by a love designed to tighten the lock. Now, they must break the connection that defines them or be consumed by the architecture of their own power.

In a subterranean empire of obsidian and ice, the truth is a ransom paid in blood. Caitlin and Khelben must navigate a labyrinth of political betrayal and cosmic horror to rewrite the mountain's syntax. If they fail, the bedrock will shatter, and the entity will finally go free.

The cage is breaking. Choose your side before the world collapses.