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The Clockwork Demon: A Night Magic Romance
Something is hunting practitioners through the city’s infrastructure.
Two are already dead. Cardiac arrest. Natural causes. Clean. No one connects the deaths until Irene does — and by then, the thing in the walls has already registered her.
The Clockwork Demon is not a spirit. Not a summons. It is a constructed intelligence woven into the wiring and pipes and conduit of a city older than memory — built to eliminate practitioners who draw too much power from the grid. And Irene just exceeded the threshold.
Time fractures in her apartment. Clocks skip. Rituals stutter. The only way to reset the mechanism is seven days without magic. Seven days of being ordinary. Seven days of withdrawal, shaking hands, flat vision, and the hardest question she’s ever who is she without her practice?
Soran stays for all seven.
He doesn’t explain why. He never does. But he is there — through the burned pasta and the bad dreams and the silence on the fourth day when she says this is what I am without it, and he says one No.
He is there when she draws a line of salt on the floor between them. He is there when he crosses it with one finger and leaves a mark she’s never seen in any grimoire — a mark he doesn’t know how to read, in a language he may have just invented.
She doesn’t clean it.
The Clockwork Demon is the third book in The Unbound, a dark paranormal romance series where the tension between a night magic practitioner and the demon who can’t leave her never resolves — it deepens. Rituals as language. Silence heavier than words. A bond that grows stronger with every book.
For readers who want their romance slow, their magic felt in the body, and their demons precise rather than pretty.
Two are already dead. Cardiac arrest. Natural causes. Clean. No one connects the deaths until Irene does — and by then, the thing in the walls has already registered her.
The Clockwork Demon is not a spirit. Not a summons. It is a constructed intelligence woven into the wiring and pipes and conduit of a city older than memory — built to eliminate practitioners who draw too much power from the grid. And Irene just exceeded the threshold.
Time fractures in her apartment. Clocks skip. Rituals stutter. The only way to reset the mechanism is seven days without magic. Seven days of being ordinary. Seven days of withdrawal, shaking hands, flat vision, and the hardest question she’s ever who is she without her practice?
Soran stays for all seven.
He doesn’t explain why. He never does. But he is there — through the burned pasta and the bad dreams and the silence on the fourth day when she says this is what I am without it, and he says one No.
He is there when she draws a line of salt on the floor between them. He is there when he crosses it with one finger and leaves a mark she’s never seen in any grimoire — a mark he doesn’t know how to read, in a language he may have just invented.
She doesn’t clean it.
The Clockwork Demon is the third book in The Unbound, a dark paranormal romance series where the tension between a night magic practitioner and the demon who can’t leave her never resolves — it deepens. Rituals as language. Silence heavier than words. A bond that grows stronger with every book.
For readers who want their romance slow, their magic felt in the body, and their demons precise rather than pretty.
267 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 2, 2026
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Andrew Yahodka
530 books11 followersAndrew Yahodka is a Ukrainian author and mystic whose works delve deep into the enigmatic realms of witchcraft, chaos magic, and the dual forces of black and white magic. With a profound understanding of the occult, he weaves intricate narratives and practical insights that captivate both seasoned practitioners and curious newcomers. Beyond the mystical, Yahodka explores the celestial influences of the zodiac, crafting books that illuminate the hidden connections between the stars and human destiny. Living in Ukraine, his writing reflects a unique blend of Eastern European folklore and universal esoteric wisdom, making him a compelling voice in modern metaphysical literature.
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March 2, 2026
Something is in the walls. Built, not born. Patient in the way only machines are patient. It kills by stopping time — three seconds, cardiac arrest, clean — and it has just noticed Irene.
I wrote this book because I wanted to know what happens when you take away the one thing a person uses to define herself. Irene is her practice. Her magic is her armor, her identity, her excuse for every distance she maintains. So I took it away. Seven days. No rituals. No Underside. No circles or salt or candlelight. Just a woman on a floor in an apartment that smells like wax and old incense, discovering that ordinary is the hardest thing she has ever been.
And Soran stays.
He stays through the withdrawal and the shaking hands and the burned pasta. He stays through the silence on day four when she finally says something true and he answers with one word. He stays through the night she draws a line of salt between them and he crosses it with a mark that neither of them can read.
This is the book where the architecture cracks. Not breaks — cracks. The professional distance Irene has maintained for three books develops a fracture she cannot repair, and the fracture is shaped exactly like seven days of someone choosing to be present when presence was the only thing he could offer.
The Clockwork Demon is about what hunts you through infrastructure and what holds you together when the infrastructure fails. It is about the difference between being alone and being ordinary. It is about a mark in salt on a dark wood floor that she does not clean — tomorrow or ever.
Book 3 of The Unbound. The tension does not resolve. It becomes load-bearing.
I wrote this book because I wanted to know what happens when you take away the one thing a person uses to define herself. Irene is her practice. Her magic is her armor, her identity, her excuse for every distance she maintains. So I took it away. Seven days. No rituals. No Underside. No circles or salt or candlelight. Just a woman on a floor in an apartment that smells like wax and old incense, discovering that ordinary is the hardest thing she has ever been.
And Soran stays.
He stays through the withdrawal and the shaking hands and the burned pasta. He stays through the silence on day four when she finally says something true and he answers with one word. He stays through the night she draws a line of salt between them and he crosses it with a mark that neither of them can read.
This is the book where the architecture cracks. Not breaks — cracks. The professional distance Irene has maintained for three books develops a fracture she cannot repair, and the fracture is shaped exactly like seven days of someone choosing to be present when presence was the only thing he could offer.
The Clockwork Demon is about what hunts you through infrastructure and what holds you together when the infrastructure fails. It is about the difference between being alone and being ordinary. It is about a mark in salt on a dark wood floor that she does not clean — tomorrow or ever.
Book 3 of The Unbound. The tension does not resolve. It becomes load-bearing.
March 2, 2026
This urban fantasy romance plunges you into a shadowy city where magic pulses through the infrastructure like a hidden nervous system. The protagonist, a no-nonsense practitioner tuned to the "Underside," specializes in fixing supernatural glitches in buildings. But when an ancient clockwork entity—built centuries ago to regulate overzealous magic users—awakens and starts targeting her kind, she's forced into a high-stakes game of survival. Enter a enigmatic demon bound to her, whose ozone-scented presence offers protection, cryptic wisdom, and an undeniable pull toward romance. Over seven tense days of magical abstinence to evade the mechanism's deadly grip, their connection deepens amid temporal glitches, ticking threats, and intimate revelations. Atmospheric, gripping, and laced with steamy tension, it's a clever blend of mystery, steampunk vibes, and heartfelt emotion that keeps you turning pages late into the night. Perfect for fans of dark magic with a romantic edge!
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