Bound by Power: An urban fantasy about magic, politics and pain. (The Bound series)

Bound by Power: An urban fantasy about magic, politics and pain. (The Bound series)

Magic isn’t freedom. It’s paperwork. The government calls it regulation. The Arcane Regulatory Commission calls it safety. I call it what it is: control. Every spell is a contract, every job a risk, and every mistake a headline waiting to happen. I built my reputation on precision and restraint. A Tier IV telekinetic with clean contracts and no scandals. That’s how you survive in Portland when the wrong display of power can get you buried in audits. What no one knows is that my mana never runs out. If they ever find out, neither will I. Now a politician named Richard Graves is promising unity between mages and civilians. He looks like progress, sounds like salvation, and smells like a trap. His campaign wants my company’s support. His eyes want something else. I’ve spent years keeping my hands clean and my secrets buried. But in this city, control is just another kind of cage, and every time I use my power, the bars get tighter. Power always has a price. I’m about to find out mine.