The Independently Published The Queen of Ruined Bells-The Brine-White Seat

The Crown has stolen a king's voice.Now it wants Fiorenna's.After awakening the ruined bells of Veyrhold, Fiorenna Thornmere can no longer pretend the ancient magic beneath Thornvale is merely another royal curse.She and Prince Maeron Eldenhart have uncovered something far more dangerous.Their bloodlines were designed to work together.A Thornmere voice issues the vow.An Eldenhart heart bears the refusal.And for generations, crowns on both sides of the border have used that design to turn human choice into obedience.When Lord Rasmus uses King Othmer's stolen voice to brand Fiorenna a murderer and Maeron a traitor, they are forced across the border into Eldenreach in search of the legendary White Archive.What they find there changes everything.Children tested for their ability to survive magical compulsion. Arranged bloodlines. Erased queens. Hidden marriage contracts. An ancient witness system twisted into a royal weapon.And the truth about the Brine-White Seat.It was never meant to be a throne.It was meant to require two equal voices, one capable of making a claim, the other capable of refusing its cost.But someone removed equality from the design.Now Rasmus is rebuilding the system, stealing voices, appointing unwilling witnesses and preparing Maeron's heart for a Seat that can claim him before his body ever reaches it.Fiorenna is losing memories every time she pushes deeper into the old magic.Maeron is losing pieces of the inheritance that once defined him.And the closer they become, the easier their enemies find it to turn love into another form of leverage.Because loving each other is no longer the dangerous part.The dangerous part is deciding whether protection becomes control, whether sacrifice can ever be freely chosen, and whether a bond created by centuries of manipulation can become something that belongs only to them.The Brine-White Seat is Book Two of The Queen of Ruined Bells, a continuing adult romantasy featuring a cursed queen, enemy prince, forbidden magical bond, political betrayal, hidden royal history, stolen memories, dangerous ancient magic, high-heat romance and a fight to restore one law every crown tried to erase.