The Slime and the Starlet

Cast out and disowned, Clarity Thorne, a former actress reborn into a world of beast tamers, faces ruin when her adopted family abandons her for failing her awakening. Stripped of privilege and facing a deadline to bond with a beast or be exiled, she discovers a terrifying new ability: she can hear every creature's thoughts. With only three copper coins and hours to spare, Clarity must find a partner in the city's grimiest salvage yard, where she encounters Gunnar, a sentient, arrogant, and utterly unimpressive slug. But when her former fiancé publicly challenges her to a combat trial, Clarity must prove that a disgraced starlet and a talking slug can defy all expectations, even if the price of her power has left her utterly mute. Can a silent tamer and a slimy companion conquer a world that demands a roar?

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