The Bondscarred

For centuries, power has been maintained through ancient bindings that were never meant to last. Sera Vael carries a scar she doesn't understand and a fire she has spent her life hiding. When that fire awakens, it reveals a truth the world has worked hard to erase: some bonds were not meant to enslave, and some power remembers where it truly belongs. Cael Draeth was raised inside the system that stole everything. Marked by a failed binding and burdened by a legacy of corruption, he knows the oaths holding the world together are rotting from the inside out. What he does not expect is to become bound to the very force his family tried to control. Hunted by those who profit from broken oaths and ancient lies, Sera and Cael are forced into a bond neither fully trusts—one that scars as much as it strengthens. As forgotten magic resurfaces and old powers begin to fracture, they must decide whether their connection is a curse… or the only thing capable of ending a cycle of theft that has lasted generations. The Bondscarred is a dark epic fantasy with slow-burn romance, ancient magic, and a bond forged through pain, choice, and fire that refuses to be owned.