Breaking the Ice

Some inheritances are worth refusing...

Malcolm Wells knows the rules of his father's empire: obey, succeed, survive. But when Flora, a defiant servant with magical blood, refuses to bow to those rules, she forces Malcolm to confront the ugliness behind his family's wealth.

As his father prepares to sell Flora to the cruelest man in Ganland, Malcolm must choose: uphold his family's legacy of power and exploitation, or risk everything to defy it. The ice is breaking, and everything Malcolm thought he knew about loyalty is about to shatter.

A standalone novella in the beloved Tales of the Outlaw Mages series. Dive into this magical world of rebellion and discover what happens when the privileged heir and the defiant servant join forces.