{"product_id":"etsy-4503105808","title":"Tethered in Ash and Starlight","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery bond has a price. Every love has a choice.\u003cbr\u003eTETHERED IN ASH AND STARLIGHT\u003cbr\u003eA Dark Romantasy Novella\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery bond has a price. Every love has a choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamon Ryse doesn't believe in fate—especially not when it comes wrapped in glowing runes and forged in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an elite magical hunter in a world where enchantment leaks into the cracks of reality, he's spent years containing breaches, breaking spells, and keeping the modern world safe from mythic chaos. The last thing he expects is to be tethered—soul-bound—to an exiled elven sentinel with a sword sharper than her tongue and zero patience for humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLirael Virelen didn't ask to be cast out from the Courts. And she certainly didn't ask to be magically chained to a reckless mortal who thinks sarcasm counts as strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when their clash in a rain-soaked London alley triggers an impossible soul bond, it becomes clear this wasn't an accident. It was a design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the tether between Damon and Lirael isn't just a connection—it's a prototype. A weaponized blueprint for turning bonded souls into soldiers. And someone—or something—has been forging these bonds across realms, stitching memory into flesh and activating tethered pairs like pieces on a board.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow hunted by the Revenant that engineered their chain, Damon and Lirael are forced into an alliance neither of them wants. But as they're dragged through the cracks between worlds—pursued by stitched-mouthed horrors and corrupted bonded pairs—they begin to remember the truth:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey've been here before.\u003cbr\u003eThey've fought together before.\u003cbr\u003eThey've died together before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this time, their survival depends on the one thing fate can't force:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTethered in Ash and Starlight is Book 1 of The Tethered Trilogy—a dark, enemies-to-lovers romantasy where fate is the villain, love is rebellion, and soul bonds are forged in war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Fourth Wing, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and readers who love:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFated mates with a dark twist Enemies forced into proximity Soul bonds that hurt before they heal Warrior FMCs who bow to no one Modern fantasy with mythic roots Morally grey everything Touch her and die energy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JL Collins Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67590702268610,"sku":"ETSY-4503105808-EBOOK","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/9324\/4866\/files\/il_fullxfull.8055157869_d657.jpg?v=1790599338","url":"https:\/\/shop.glassboundink.com\/products\/etsy-4503105808","provider":"Glassbound Ink LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}