The Weaver of Wicked Ink. Young Adult Fiction, #1

The Leaden Quarter runs on what the Gilt Quarter discards. Mina Varek has survived there by hiding her ability: she can un-weave any sigil, dissolving the ink and releasing the trapped souls inside. When her younger brother receives a Draft notice, she accepts a desperate mission from the Bare Skin Collective: infiltrate the Royal Academy of Scribes, reach the Great Inkwell, and destroy it. Her entry point is Julian Ashford, the High Master's son.
He is the most extensively Inked person in the city, covered in Rank Four sigils that are slowly killing him. His array requires a stabilization scribe. Mina gets the job. The first time she touches his skin, she feels them. Forty-seven compressed souls, pressed into Julian's ink for fourteen years, conscious and waiting. A teacher who asked a seven-year-old what she wanted to be. A weaver who left behind a loom.
A healer who treated the sick until the Draft took her. Julian has felt them too. He thought it was nerve damage. He thought he was alone. The Collective's plan is simple: destroy the Inkwell, shatter the system. But Mina discovers that the Inkwell holds thousands of souls, and destroying it without extracting them first will kill them all. She changes the plan. She will un-weave every soul from Julian's skin, one by one, learning the array's architecture.
Then she will free the Inkwell. The cost is her own mind. The un-weaving blurs her memories, erases her anchors, takes pieces of herself she will never get back. Her mother's face. Her sister's laugh. The first time she ever felt seen. Julian watches her fade. He holds her hand after each extraction. He writes down the names she learns: Mira, Lena, Theron, Jess, Elara. Forty-seven names. Forty-seven people who were never supposed to be forgotten.
The High Master prepares the annual re-inscription, which will add more souls to the Inkwell. The Head Scribe watches Mina's every move. The fog thickens. The Academy tightens around them. Mina has six days to free the last souls and reach the Inkwell. Julian has to decide whether to confront his father. And forty-seven people who have been waiting for fourteen years are about to learn if anyone ever came for them.
The Weaver of Wicked Ink is a complete standalone YA romantasy in the same universe as Starshattered and The Memory Thief. Perfect for readers of A Court of Thorns and Roses, Babel, and The Cruel Prince. Tattoo magic. Forced proximity. A slow-burn love that grows in the space between extraction and release. And a girl who refuses to let the system take one more person.