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Chains of Silk and Shadows follows Ren, a trans boy raised in a brutal northern clan that sees his identity as weakness and his magic as a curse. Branded Ashborn, he’s sold into a Crownlands brothel, stripped of his name, his voice, and nearly everything he is. But deep within his silence, something ancient stirs—shadow magic that obeys his whispered commands.
Surrounded by others who’ve learned to survive in silence Ren clings to a single carved token and the memory of a childhood friend: Corin, now Liora, who once saw him as a boy before anyone else did. When a rebel mage named Myla frees him, Ren flees into the city’s underground and joins her cause. To fight back, he must enter a tournament hosted by the Crown—a twisted spectacle offering power to those willing to bleed for it.
There, in the heart of danger, Ren reunites with Liora. Their bond is fractured but still burning. As rebellion brews and the court’s secrets unravel, Ren must choose: wield the magic that nearly destroyed him—or let the world rewrite his story again. The chains around him are breaking, but some were never meant to be lifted without consequence.