Veins of Silver Moonlight
When thief Maren Caldwell forces open the lock of a derelict brownstone, she expects dust, rot, and maybe something worth pawning. What she finds instead is a ledger of names, a silver locket, and a single word written in faded ink: Renna. Her sister has vanished chasing the same trail, and Maren is certain the two threads are no coincidence. The brownstone belonged to a family that should have stayed buried, and someone has been waiting years for an heir to come asking questions. Maren is no heir. She is a lockpick and a liar, and those skills may be the only things that keep her breathing as she follows Renna's path through the city's forgotten rooms and whispered histories. Old alliances resurface in dangerous forms: Tobias Vrell, who once bought her silence; Pellan's enigmatic patronage; Veyra Serrane, whose smile hides a blade's worth of secrets. Each offers help at a price Maren cannot yet see. With her sister's life balanced on debts she did not make, Maren must choose what she is willing to steal, what she is willing to burn, and whether the truth is worth the cost of finally coming home. Some doors, once opened, will not close again, and the moonlight pouring through the cracks has been watching all along.