Bound

Bound is a mythic fantasy in which desire is not indulgence, but infrastructure.
In a world where ritualized intimacy sustains political order and ancient powers listen through living crystal, Queen Ruby of Rubia must enter a dangerous alliance with rival queens whose mastery of restraint, surrender, and power may awaken forces long thought lost. As pleasure becomes language and control becomes currency, Ruby confronts a truth older than any crown: harmony cannot be seized, only offered.