Reaching Rotbottom

A scarred spellbreaker. A cursed prince. An ancient guardian with a shrouded past.When Freya's spellbreaker powers manifested as a child, her people inked her face with markings of warning: Soulless. Clanless. Banished. Since then she's struggled to prove that she can survive anything-prejudice, war, even three grinding years crushed beneath Imperial rule.Jurgen was born a farmer, not a warrior. After an assassin's blade struck down his adoptive father, Jurgen reluctantly shouldered a royal burden. When a curse poisons his clan's holdings, he must find a cure before his people starve.Since the age of the Sundering, Thorn has endured as the last elemental guardian of a ruined temple. Over centuries his memories faded until only his name, his purpose, and the smoldering flashes of a forgotten betrayal remained.Freya's mission to end a consuming curse and Jurgen's quest clash in Rotbottom Village, where every spell broken reveals a deeper mystery, and every victory costs precious time. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Freya becomes entangled with the angry elemental and the handsome, infuriating Northman.As secrets stir beneath the roots of the Weeping Woods, old magic, Imperial ambition, and forbidden feelings collide, and three unlikely allies must risk trust and their hearts to survive.Reaching Rotbottom is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy. It features found families, fighting fantasy fascism, and a loyal but dimwitted magehound.