Claimed by Ash

She was trained to hunt his kind. She never trained for this. Rhea has spent six years as the Order's most effective hunter, tracking down bloodline keys and the Fireborn who protect them — until the night she discovers exactly what the Order does to the families she's helped them find. Disillusioned and marked as a liability, she's given one final assignment: locate the reckless second Fireborn brother before her superiors decide her fate for her. Dax has spent eleven years being the brother who doesn't matter — not the leader, not the strategist, just the fighter who shows up loud and charming so no one looks too closely at the guilt he's hidden since the night his father died. When a hunter corners him alone, he expects a fight. He doesn't expect her to lower her weapon. He doesn't expect the pull between them to hit like a physical blow — rarer and more dangerous than any bond his brother has described, the kind old Fireborn texts call *forbidden* even among their own kind. A twin-flame bond doesn't ask permission, and it doesn't leave room for half-measures. As the Order closes in and a traitor's shadow lengthens over the family Dax has sworn to protect, he and Rhea must decide whether the truth between them is strong enough to survive what it will cost. Some fires aren't meant to be controlled. Some are meant to burn everything down so something better can rise from the ash. A slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy full of found family, morally complex found-loyalty, and a bond neither side saw coming. Book 2 of The Fireborn Exiles — continue the series or dive in fresh.