Eira Dain never asked for power. Only for peace and a place to belong and sing in the world. But in a kingdom where magic once shaped the world. even a quiet song can awaken something ancient. Something dangerous. When a melody buries deep in the cursed Dravenmoor begins to haunt her steps, Eira, a bard with hidden magic, tries to silence it. But it won't let go. Neither will Captain Hadley Hargraves, a man sent to root out magic and dispose those who wield it. And he's starting to suspect Redbrook's newest bard with music in her blood may be more than she claims. Hunted by a regime that fears what it can't control, drawn by a voice that is not her own, Eira must choose between surrendering to the same end that befell her family, or risk stepping into a forest no one returns from. And in the shadows of the Dravenmoor, something is stirred by Eira's magic. Watching her. Waiting. A silver-eyed stranger whose identity will change the fate of everything Eira and Hadley know... A dark fantasy of magic, memory, and sacrifice. For readers who love haunted forests, slow-burning danger, and protectors who might not be heroes.