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Clockwork Heart

1 chapters

~3 min read

In a steampunk city, brilliant inventor Virsieras relishes the challenge of a charismatic new rival—until she discovers the woman is dangerously linked to her own family. As their clash of ideals ignites a dark obsession, Virsieras must confront the brutal truth about her rival's past and the monstrous potential of her own brilliant mind.

MEET THE CHARACTERS

Virsieras 'Vira' Locke

A 24-year-old inventor with copper-gilded fingers and a perpetual smudge of oil on her cheek, her wild auburn curls often escaping their practical tie. She moves through her cluttered workshop with a kinetic energy that feels like hope made physical, her mind a whirl of blueprints and benevolent schemes to lift her struggling town. The way her eyes light up when a gear clicks into place—it’s the look of someone who believes creation is an act of love.

Seraphina Vale

A rival inventor of 28 with the cool elegance of polished silver and eyes the colour of a gathering storm. She arrives from the outer towns dressed in impeccably tailored grey, smelling of ozone and distant rain, her movements calculated and precise. Her beauty is a weapon she wields without sentiment, and the way she surveys Vira's workshop isn't judgment—it's an assessment of weaknesses to be exploited.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

The Rival's Arrival

The workshop door opened on a gust of ozone and rain. Vira looked up, a warm greeting on her tongue, and it died there. The woman in the doorway was elegance made of steel and shadow, her storm-grey eyes sweeping the cluttered space like a general surveying a battlefield. Vira’s pulse hammered in her throat, a frantic, unfamiliar rhythm. It wasn't fear. It was the sudden, gut-deep clench of a challenge she hadn't known she was waiting for.