Light Wielder: Fire & Metal, Book 2

Four years, one devastating betrayal, and a war neither of them wanted—and yet the bond between Jovie and Acker refuses to die quietly.

When Jovie chose mercy over vengeance, sparing King Edmond's life and stealing his magic instead of his breath, she ignited a conflict that now consumes entire kingdoms. The Kenta and Strou forces close in against the Roison and Alaha, while the innocent Maile people stand caught in the crossfire of a war Jovie helped unleash. Guilt is a chain she wears willingly. If protecting Maile means burying the Matching Bond—that treacherous, luminous pull toward Acker—she'll do it without hesitation. Even if he still haunts every dream she can't control.

Acker carries his own burdens. Bound to his father's brutal campaign and shackled to an arranged marriage he never chose, he has every reason to let his resentment toward Jovie calcify into something permanent. Yet war has a way of stripping away the armor people hide behind, and the closer their fractured alliances pull them together, the harder it becomes to remember why staying apart was ever the plan.

In this breathtaking sequel to *Metal Slinger*, the fantasy world of Fire & Metal explodes with high-stakes action, morally complex choices, and a slow-burn romance forged between two people who have hurt each other deeply—and might be the only ones who can save each other now.

Some bonds survive betrayal. Some love