For fans of Priory of the Orange Tree and the sword-wielding lesbians of Gideon the Ninth, but wanted a little more werewolf... Lark is young, sharp-eyed, and has been running toward danger since she was old enough to refuse a marriage. Istrid, a tough, twelve-year veteran, is running from something else entirely. When Lark is injured, they end up stranded together in the Verath forest—two soldiers, and a dugout that's getting smaller every night. The attraction is immediate, and the secrets run deep. Because something in the forest is howling at the full moon. Istrid comes back from her patrol with mud on her boots and a dangerous look in her eyes. And the thing building between them—the heat of it, the pull of it—is starting to feel less like want and more like gravity. Like something that was already decided, long before either of them noticed. When Istrid finally lets her in, it's all the the secret she's carried for twelve years, the hunger she's kept on a tight leash, and the bond that turns out to run both directions. Lark, it turns out, is not the kind of person who does things by half measures either. But something is hunting them. A bounty hunter with silver weapons and a commission that won't expire is closing in—and whatever is growing between these two soldiers is about to be tested by more than just a full moon. Iron and Silver is a sapphic masc-for-masc fantasy novelette about a werewolf who has survived everything except being truly seen—and soldier enough to stay and look. Explicit content, written for 18+ readersMasc-for-masc pairing, slight age gap (mid twenties, early thirties)Slight dominant/submissive dynamicWerewolf transformation & soul bondAction and violenceNo third act break-up. Happily-ever-after.