Burning Bonds

By Sasha L. Miller

The charms and elixirs crafted by the fae are highly prized and notoriously difficult to obtain. The fae charms Fihr sells at his stall are lucrative business, but he would happily throw it all away to have a chance with Satu, the beautiful faerie who makes the charms. When he catches Satu trying to run away, terrified of his betrothed, Fihr throws all caution aside, determined to help Satu no matter what it takes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sasha L. Miller
• Release date: Oct 3, 2019

Sasha L. Miller

Sasha L. Miller spends most of her time writing, reading, or playing with all things website design. She loves telling stories, especially romance, because there’s nothing better than giving people their happily ever afters. When not writing, she spends time cooking, harassing her roommates, and playing with her cats.

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Burning Bonds

A NATURES IN HARMONY BOOK

SASHA L. MILLER

The charms and elixirs crafted by the fae are highly prized and notoriously difficult to obtain. The fae charms Fihr sells at his stall are lucrative business, but he would happily throw it all away to have a chance with Satu, the beautiful faerie who makes the charms. When he catches Satu trying to run away, terrified of his betrothed, Fihr throws all caution aside, determined to help Satu no matter what it takes.

Burning Bonds

Natures in Harmony

By Sasha L. Miller

All rights reserved.  No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except for the purpose of reviews.

Edited by Samantha M Derr

Cover designed by Megan Derr

This book is a work of fiction and as such all characters and situations are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual people, places, or events is coincidental.

Second Edition August 2019

Copyright © 2019 by Sasha L. Miller

Printed in the United States of America

Burning Bonds

The sun was high in the sky, beating down heavily and baking the market. Colored banners and flags flew through the air, streaming brightly in the midday sun. Most of the stalls were shaded, tucked under canopies strung over the wares and the sellers, but Trinn had pulled theirs back, to better catch light with their trinkets.

Fihr finished wrapping the latest purchase—a blue crystal bird that would sing a song each morning when the sun rose—and handed it to the buyer. Once the man scurried off with his purchase, Fihr scanned the crowd, tamping down his impatience when he found there were no fae in sight, least of all the fae he most wanted to see.

He's late, Fihr said, ducking down to fetch another of the bird charms from the box below the table.

He's not late, Trinn said.

Fihr straightened in time to catch Trinn rolling his eyes. He's usually here by now, Fihr argued, setting the new bird with the purple one that sang at night and the clear one that sang at noon.

Sometimes he's not. He'll be here. Keep your pants on.

My pants are firmly in place, thank you very much, Fihr said, giving Trinn a rude gesture. Trinn thought his crush was hilarious, but Trinn was already married to Fihr's cousin, so his opinion didn't count.

For now, Trinn said, flashing Fihr a grin. He didn't give Fihr a chance to reply, stepping forward to greet a woman who slowed as she walked by. Trinn drew her into conversation, and Fihr double-checked that the table was set before turning to watch the crowd.

The market was held four days a week, in a field that was barely outside the city limits of Alenia. It hosted everything from farmers' stalls to blacksmiths and peddlers and simple charm merchants like Trinn and himself. They were the best charm merchants in the market, Fihr thought fiercely, if only because a portion of their charms were imbued with fae spells.

Speaking of which… Fihr scanned the crowd, once more disappointed that Satu was nowhere in sight. What was keeping him? The afternoon was usually busier than morning, after the initial rush of customers who mobbed the stalls first thing died off. If Satu didn't show soon, Fihr wouldn't be able to slip away and wander the market with him like they usually did.

Maybe he wouldn't show. Satu usually appeared the second