Mirk has lost everything: his noble family, his home, and nearly his life. All he has left is his grandfather’s staff and the K’maneda, the strange band of foreign mercenaries who saved him. He decides to build a new life among them in their wandering City of Glass, dedicating himself to healing the outcast and forgotten men who did everything to protect him. Providence makes no mistakes. And to live is to serve. Genesis is an expert at three things: binding magic, assassination, and cleaning potions. Everything else is a mystery to him, especially people. Which is a crucial shortcoming, considering his ambition is to launch an insurrection against the corrupt mages who have warped the K’maneda into a machine designed to grind up the poor for the benefit of the wealthy. He will never be free; his nature is destruction. Since he can’t escape it, he will use it to liberate those who aren’t bound to obey. They’re an unexpected team: the unrelenting and inhumanly powerful Destroyer and the kindly healer with a knack for putting the right people in the right places. But will it be enough to ensure the revolution prevails? And is there more to their relationship beyond a mutually beneficial alliance? Features: an exceptionally slow burn romance between a cunning cinnamon roll and the world's cringiest neurotic edgelord, catty infighting among nobles, shady mercenaries, rightfully vengeful djinn, a growing revolution, and a whole lot of hurt/comfort. Updates Monday and Friday, with at least 10k words of new content per week! November 2024 Writeathon participant!