Where the Thread Frays

Rowan thought surviving the Archive would be enough. It isn't.The spiral-marked ties that hold the world together are fraying. Wards misfire. Roads forget where they're meant to go. Promises slip, just a little-enough to taste the wrongness on the air.To keep everything from tearing, Rowan and Aurel have to cross what's left of the borders between them: a city where dreams bleed into daylight, a place where names don't quite fit, and a quiet, waiting absence that remembers more than any of them want to know.They don't walk alone.Lio burns bright at their side, carrying more of the story than he realises. Kairis steps closer, smile sharp, hunger carefully leashed. Aurel begins to dream in embers-and what wakes with her may not be willing to sleep again.As histories twist and half-truths surface, an old voice strains against the silence, fighting to remember the world they're all trying so hard to hold together.When every path leads through loss, Rowan, Aurel, and the others have to decide what kind of ending they're willing to live with-and what they're willing to let go.Some absences hollow you out. Some make room. Some refuse to stay gone.For readers who love: - Dreamlike fantasy, haunted memory, and unravelling prophecy- Queer characters, slow-burn tension, and exhausted-but-still-trying tenderness- Liminal magic, narrative weirdness, and creeping hope- Gnomes, gremlins, and other small chaotic entities with too many opinions

Pages: 474, Paperback, Independently published