Salt and Stone

A desperate healer. A wounded deserter. A secret child hidden in plain sight. In a realm ruled by the Blacksmoke Union, healing without permission is a crime punishable by death. Memori has spent years keeping her head down, blending in as a tea-seller aboard a grounded pirate ship turned inn. Her only goal? Protect the little girl everyone thinks is her sister-and keep the past buried where it belongs.When a mysterious man collapses in her shop, bleeding and barely alive, Memori has a choice: help him and risk everything... or let him die like so many others.But this man isn't just another fugitive. He's been marked by powers long forgotten-and he's not the only one searching for what was lost.As soldiers close in and long-dead oaths begin to stir, Memori is drawn into a tide of rebellion, redemption, and a found family bound by more than blood.