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Sable Corven has spent her life being quiet.
As a low-level intelligence operative in Ardanthir, she listens. She files reports nobody reads. She hides the fact that her Sound magic can do things no Minor Talent should be capable of. Things that would get her noticed. Things that would get her taken.
Then a Vaelcrossi military commander walks into a diplomatic reception, and her magic answers his like a bell struck by a hammer it was built to match.
Commander Taran Valrath is everything Ardanthir despises. Loud. Scarred. Burning with a Temperature magic he keeps leashed behind three years of grief and guilt. He's dangerous, disciplined, and watching her with an attention that sees straight through the walls she's spent a lifetime building.
The resonance between them is not supposed to exist. A bond between Sound and Temperature that makes rooms hum when they stand too close. That makes his fire answer her voice. That hasn't been seen in two centuries. The last pair who shared it were killed.
As Sable is pulled deeper into an investigation that leads to a shadow organisation operating inside the foundations of every kingdom, she discovers the conspiracy isn't just political. It's personal. And the bond she cannot control may be the only weapon powerful enough to stop it. Or the reason they come for her next.
The Binding Song is a dark romantasy featuring a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, a heroine discovering she was never small, a hero who fell first and fell hard, and a magic system where your voice can literally set the world on fire.
