Before the bonds and battles of Rankless, the women who become part of Wade's life have their own lives, loyalties, and struggles. Rankless Origins follows those earlier stories by sharing these women's previous adventures.
Book One belongs to Rhya: a nineteen-year-old hunter learning what it costs to keep a place for herself while making room for other people. Before an uncertain separation leaves her searching for a new life.
Rhya follows a wounded deer into a trap no honest hunter would set. And the man feeding her camp wants her to stop asking why.
At nineteen, the lynxkin hunter wants a roof she can call hers, food she can keep, and a hunt that proves she can manage both. A borrowed knife and a cut hand are a poor beginning.
Vask has meat, salt, and a price for every favor. As the river rises and the old crossing fails, accepting his help begins to cost more than anyone agreed to pay. The people carrying his loads aren't all free to leave.
Rhya can find another path. Keeping it open will take people she can't order around, skills she hasn't mastered, and the courage to admit when her own plan is wrong. With captives behind a barred gate and the camp's escape route disappearing under water, she has one narrow chance to bring everyone across.
Neri: a rope-worker who will risk the crossing with Rhya and still tell her when she's being a fool. ✔
Kerrit: an old path-keeper whose sharp tongue can't stop the river changing ground he once knew. ✔
Setha: a camp leader balancing hungry families against a bargain she can no longer accept. ✔
☑ A hunter's wilderness: tracking, traps, dangerous beasts, and shelter earned by hand.
☑ A costly rescue: coercive debts, guarded pens, and a rising river that won't wait.
☑ Friendship with consequences: arguments, shared work, and people worth returning to.
☑ Rhya before Wade: her own fight for independence, followed by the uncertain trail toward the life readers know.
Discover the hunter before her journey with Wade.
Read 'Rankless Origins: Rhya’s Story', an adult wilderness prequel to the Rankless haremlit series, following Rhya before Wade and the main series relationships.
For readers who enjoy capable heroines, practical problem-solving, beastkin characters, and hard-won belonging. Rhya's progress comes through skill and judgment; this origin story focuses on her life before the main series.
18+. Contains fantasy, violence, and explicit scenes.
Genre: Thriller
Book One belongs to Rhya: a nineteen-year-old hunter learning what it costs to keep a place for herself while making room for other people. Before an uncertain separation leaves her searching for a new life.
Rhya follows a wounded deer into a trap no honest hunter would set. And the man feeding her camp wants her to stop asking why.
At nineteen, the lynxkin hunter wants a roof she can call hers, food she can keep, and a hunt that proves she can manage both. A borrowed knife and a cut hand are a poor beginning.
Vask has meat, salt, and a price for every favor. As the river rises and the old crossing fails, accepting his help begins to cost more than anyone agreed to pay. The people carrying his loads aren't all free to leave.
Rhya can find another path. Keeping it open will take people she can't order around, skills she hasn't mastered, and the courage to admit when her own plan is wrong. With captives behind a barred gate and the camp's escape route disappearing under water, she has one narrow chance to bring everyone across.
Neri: a rope-worker who will risk the crossing with Rhya and still tell her when she's being a fool. ✔
Kerrit: an old path-keeper whose sharp tongue can't stop the river changing ground he once knew. ✔
Setha: a camp leader balancing hungry families against a bargain she can no longer accept. ✔
☑ A hunter's wilderness: tracking, traps, dangerous beasts, and shelter earned by hand.
☑ A costly rescue: coercive debts, guarded pens, and a rising river that won't wait.
☑ Friendship with consequences: arguments, shared work, and people worth returning to.
☑ Rhya before Wade: her own fight for independence, followed by the uncertain trail toward the life readers know.
Discover the hunter before her journey with Wade.
Read 'Rankless Origins: Rhya’s Story', an adult wilderness prequel to the Rankless haremlit series, following Rhya before Wade and the main series relationships.
For readers who enjoy capable heroines, practical problem-solving, beastkin characters, and hard-won belonging. Rhya's progress comes through skill and judgment; this origin story focuses on her life before the main series.
18+. Contains fantasy, violence, and explicit scenes.
Genre: Thriller
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