Threaded In Thorn (Petals in the Dark Book 2)

Some stories are spun in sunlight. Theirs is stitched in shadow.

Two souls, both born of darkness—one irresistibly drawn to forbidden light.

Fenrick hides his scars behind a sharp tongue and a crooked grin. Protector. Troublemaker. Loyal to the bone. He wears his purple cloak like armor, a silent vow to keep his brother, Ashen, and their friends safe at any cost. He swore an oath to his father: never use Bloom magic in the Depths. Not for healing. Not for protection. Not even to save a life. But old pain doesn’t stay buried forever, and the secrets he’s hidden are beginning to stir, whispering of a past he can’t outrun… and a power he may no longer be able to deny.

Rowan was born from the Depths of Decay, shaped by magic that twists roots and whispers through dying leaves. She was never meant to crave Bloom—the radiant, life-giving magic forbidden to her kind. But it calls to her, soft as a heartbeat, bright as firelight in the dark. Something inside her aches for it, quietly and desperately. It’s a secret she guards from her friends… and from her enemies. Yearning doesn’t follow rules. And neither does she. Especially not when Fenrick is near.

As thorns tighten around their fates, Rowan and Fenrick must unravel who they are, what they stand for, and how far they’re willing to go for truth, for magic, and for each other.

Because some threads don’t just bind.
They bleed.
And even in a world tangled in decaying thorns, something tender might still take root.

When love blooms where magic divides, the thorns are inevitable.