A Vow of Steel and Starfire

She has never missed a blow. She has never once seen him coming. Rasha of the Saltblood has a secret: a heartbeat before any blade reaches her, she sees its path as a thread of white light. It's why she has never lost a fight, and why she caught a bride's salt-cord that says she'll be married by the spring moon. She plans to spend forty days proving the omen wrong. Then the Crown makes her co-captain of a new Salt Watch with Bashir, the Ashguard lieutenant who laughs at everything, wrote her twenty-three letters she never answered, and is the only man whose moves she has never been able to see. Someone is stealing gifts from the kindled of Qaryssa: a soft-voiced sorcerer rebuilding the lost Ember Crown one stolen gift at a time. He needs one last stone, and it's Rasha's sight. With a traitor in their own column and the spring moon rising, the warrior who lets no one stand at her back may have to fight blind, trusting one man's voice. Enemies to lovers • Forced proximity • Rival co-captains • She's the one with the sword • Hidden gift • One tent • Desert fantasy romance with a happy ending The text and cover art of this book were generated with Hark, an AI system, then directed, reviewed and edited by the author, who takes full responsibility for its content.