Soul Crossed

18-year-old Liora Asher has spent her life watching others match, awakening their magic, while remaining unbonded herself. In a society where soul-crossed pairs hold all power, influence, and prestige, the unbonded are second-class citizens. But everything changes when Liora unexpectedly bonds with Elias, the kingdom's most powerful mage and the Crown Prince's right hand. The magic that ignites between them is unprecedented in its raw strength—suggesting they might be the most powerful bonded pair in generations. But there's a problem: Elias is already bonded to someone else.

In the kingdom of Valoreth, magic doesn't come from your bloodline or divine gifts—it comes when two people’s souls cross, an overwhelming and unpredictable connection between matched souls. Accused of destroying one of the kingdom's oldest bonds, Liora faces execution unless she can prove her connection to Elias is real.

When Kieran returns to the capital as a spy for the Unbound Movement, Liora is forced to confront a dangerous question: what if the bond she shares with Elias isn't love at all, but magic's manipulation? As she's drawn deeper into the Unbound's cause and their search for ancient truths about how bonds really work, Liora begins meeting secretly with the rebels—including Kieran, whose vision of a world built on choice rather than destiny awakens something in her heart that has nothing to do with magic.

In the kingdom of Valoreth, magic doesn't come from your bloodline or divine gifts—it comes when two people’s souls cross, an overwhelming and unpredictable connection between matched souls. Living as a refugee among the Unbound, Liora must find new ways to prove her worth in a war she helped ignite. As she grows closer to Kieran, she discovers what love feels like without magic's intoxicating pull—gentle, steady, and built on choice rather than fate.