Silver Secrets

Sterin has spent his life at the forge.

He speaks more easily to silver than to people, finds comfort in routine, and wants nothing more than to be left alone with his craft. When he once forged a collar for a cursed woman, he didn’t ask questions. He simply made it well.

Now the Hunter’s Guild wants to know his secret.

Their silver kills.
His contains.

And they’ve sent someone to learn why.

Maera Temlin arrives with credentials, a commission, and questions that show she’s actually listening to his answers. She doesn’t fill silences with chatter. She brings him food he can’t refuse. She watches his hands like she’s memorizing them.

Sterin has never been good at reading people. He knows this about himself. But Maera seems patient with what he can’t offer—and interested in what he can. For the first time in years, he finds himself wishing someone would stay.

Silver Secrets is a standalone story set in the world of the Eranor Tales—where people are complicated, motives are murky, and getting what you want always costs something.