The Debt of Thorns is a fantasy romance set in a Fae court, following Lyra — a mortal thief who got caught stealing a magical relic and was given a choice: death or three years of service to the Twilight Court's prince.She chose service. She's been regretting and not regretting it ever since.Caelindor is the fae prince she serves — powerful, cold, and maddeningly unreadable. He's spent three years hiding behind arrogance and formality while quietly, almost imperceptibly, choosing her safety over everything else.The story picks up with four days left on her contract — and both of them suddenly unable to pretend that the end of it means nothing.The tension is built on:Unspoken feelings dressed up as practicality — a sword left on her pillow, a seat moved closer at dinnerPower imbalance slowly dissolving as her freedom approachesTwo proud, guarded people circling something neither will name firstIt's slow burn at its core — less about grand declarations, more about the charged silence between two people who have run out of time to keep pretending.