THE THREADBREAKER

You are Seren Vale, a mortal witch with rare Weave-sight and an illegal gift: you can see and sever fae mate bonds. At a noble masquerade, you secretly free your friend Elara from an unwanted bond. Her half dissolves normally. Her mate Tavian’s does not. Something hidden inside his bond wakes, consumes it, and leaves him dead and bloodless. Malek Drevane, the ancient Firstborn Blood Fae who commands the Wild Hunt, investigates. He is more powerful than the High King, serves only because he chooses to, and has no interest in ruling. When Malek touches you, something impossible awakens between you: not a silver mate-thread, but a living current of woven soul magic only you can see and both of you can feel. Now a quiet crime Malek once considered beneath his attention may be connected to something old enough to threaten the entire fae realm.