A Pool of Peony

<p><em style=color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>The mist has thickened with a vendetta. A bounty has been offered for answers.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>And no one's story is safe.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>It's been six months since the Storm of Nightmares and Bria has not gone home. With wanted signs plastered throughout Rosada she has been stuck chasing the so-called Story Collector throughout the Independent City of Mert. Yet when a break-in occurs in Todd Dray's shop it unleashes a chain of events that sends the city into disarray.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>With his mind tormented by demons and flashes of his past catching up with him Brent has been navigating Mert as a half version of himself. When a masked figure offers to help he accepts unknowingly stepping into a conflict that has riddled the world for centuries.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>The City of Mert has become a target for both the Order of the Effluvium and the Council of Mist Keepers. With fear mounting Bria with the help of a mysterious red-eyed woman a palaver of immortals and a silver pool must decide what part she plays in this oncoming storm.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>Can she find the Story Collector before it's too late? </em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Content Warnings:</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(68 67 64 1)>This book is rated 16+ for mentions of death violence/sexual assault adult language alcohol use and psychological abuse/trauma.</em></p>