Elodie is brought to the court of Vaelor—the Dragon King who rules in fire and obsidian—as an offering he did not request.He has no use for a courtesan.Until he sees her.Something ancient stirs. Desire becomes recognition. Possession turns dangerous.Drawn into Vaelor’s world of dominance and flame, Elodie learns that surrender is never taken—only chosen. And when Vaelor shatters the gold collar meant to bind her, he breaks tradition, precedent, and the illusion of control.With enemies watching and power shifting, Elodie must decide what freedom truly means.Because a courtesan can be owned.But a woman chosen by a dragon becomes a reckoning.This story is written in fire and want.It contains power exchanged willingly,desire taken and given,and intimacy that is neither gentle nor accidental.If you are seeking comfort, turn back.If you are seeking heat—enter.

The city above sleeps, unaware of the magic and monsters hidden beneath its streets. Lux has always believed she was human—until her silver eyes awaken and her dreams begin to bleed into reality. Visions of a glowing underground city, ancient power, and a dangerous stranger haunt her waking life. When a shadow assassin sent by vampires nearly kills her, Lux is saved by Alaric—the feared Alpha King of the werewolves, and the man fate has bound to her. Taken to Aethyra, a secret city alive with ancient magic, Lux learns the truth: she is a Weaver, one of the last of a bloodline thought extinct. A being capable of seeing, shaping, and unraveling magic itself. In a world governed by blood-bound laws, where every supernatural creature is enslaved by magic, Lux alone can undo it. Her power makes her priceless… and catastrophic. By every law of Alaric’s world, Lux should have been destroyed the moment she was discovered. Instead, he claims her—binding their fates in a bond as forbidden as it is unbreakable. As Lux’s abilities awaken and Aethyra itself begins to respond to her, enemies close in. Vampires plot. Shadows move. War looms beneath the surface of the sleeping city above. To survive, Lux must decide whether to embrace the destiny written into her blood—or risk losing everything to a war she never knew existed. Some bonds are stronger than fate. Some powers were never meant to stay hidden.