Keira is a blacksmith with arms like poetry and a spine of steel. When a mercenary collapses at her forge, she saves him with fire and a steady hand-and sparks find oxygen.
Vale is an Iron Wolf shifter whose scars wear truth. He asks for consent like a vow, learns her safeword, and watches her the way a blade watches the anvil.
The valley whispers a prophecy, but Keira refuses to be claimed. She forges rules, not chains-until cursed steel and a smiling lord try to make fear a weapon.
Side by side-teeth gentle, hands sure-they hunt the source, melt down lies, and recast a future in her terms. Saying yes on purpose becomes the hottest fire of all.
For readers 18+
