Lucien Glacisse was raised among glass.
His family’s name is known for mirrors and crystalwork—objects shaped to hold light without revealing what lies behind it. As a minor noble and trained arbiter in the frozen north, Lucien has learned to live the same way: observant, careful, restrained. Reflection has always been safer than action.
In Haleport, a northern port city balanced on trade and fragile peace, Lucien serves under a magistrate whose quiet authority keeps larger conflicts at bay. But winter has a way of sharpening old fractures. As tensions rise and investigations deepen, Lucien is drawn into matters that patience alone cannot resolve.
When the structures that have guided him begin to fail, Lucien must confront truths he has spent a lifetime avoiding - about loyalty, survival, and the cost of remaining untouched.
Grace in Reflection is an adult, character-driven fantasy novella about identity and restraint, and what happens when a life shaped by observation is finally pressed into motion.
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