Where the Flame Sleeps

Book One in The Balance of the Wild Series

About the Book

Lyra has spent her life on the outskirts of her small town, never quite fitting in and doing her best to remain unnoticed. With silver-white hair that marks her as different, a father often away on long hunts, and most of her childhood spent under the care of a reclusive hedge witch, loneliness has shaped much of her life. One impulsive act of mercy, however, changes everything. When she frees a mysterious fae warrior from captivity, Fen becomes bound to her by an ancient life debt neither of them wanted. Thrust into the untamed borderlands between the human and Fae realms, the two set out to uncover the truth behind Lyra's unknown mother—a journey that soon reveals long-buried secrets, forgotten legends, and a world where magic itself is quietly slipping away. Hunted by powerful enemies and forced to rely on one another to survive, Lyra and Fen discover that the answers they seek lie far deeper than either imagined.

As trust slowly blossoms into something more, they begin to unravel a history built on lies—and realize their own destinies may be intertwined with the fate of the Wild itself.