The Broken Circle

The world is mending-but so is she.

Once, the Eternal Flame bound color to purpose, wolf to soul, and heart to heart. Its light kept the balance between the living and the spectral, until it was divided and corrupted. Now, after reuniting what was broken, Branna of Veyloris carries the Flame's living script upon her skin-a mark of rebirth and burden both. The land begins to heal, but its keeper fractures.

Whispers of shadow stir beyond the borders of the known realms. Wolves once thought lost to corruption claw their way back to the surface, half-memory and half-ghost. As Branna's control over the Flame falters, she and her bonded circle are drawn into a conflict that threatens to unravel the fragile peace they've earned.

Caspien, violet-marked and bound by loyalty deeper than blood, wrestles with a legacy of war and the quiet terror of losing her again. Eamon, the steadfast mapmaker with green-script veins, searches for truth even as it costs him his faith. Tamsin, the red sentinel, fights to protect what cannot be saved. Rorik, the blue shield, stands between the living and the dead. And Fin, the white-script jester whose laughter hides prophecy, learns that every light casts a shadow.

When an ancient circle reforms and forgotten gods whisper from the ashes, Branna must decide whether her destiny is to guard the Flame or to become it. The closer she draws to the truth of her mark, the more she learns that fire does not only heal-it consumes.

The Broken Circle is a story of sacrifice, legacy, and the cost of binding yourself to hope. It explores the fragile balance between loyalty and freedom, love and duty, mercy and fire. In a world where color holds power and memory bleeds through every flame, Branna's choice will decide whether the light returns-or burns everything away.

Book Two of The Marked Legacy series.

For readers of epic fantasy who crave lush worlds, haunted magic, and found-family bonds tested by destiny.