CHAINS OF THE CRIMSON HEART: A DRAGON'S PURSUIT
In the dragon-ruled empire of Vaelthorne, soul-bonds between dragons and their chosen humans are sacred, unbreakable, eternal—until Lyra Embermoor does the impossible and severs hers.
Three years ago, she was nothing—a common-born healer's daughter who somehow caught the eye of Prince Daevan Ashenclaw, the Crown Prince and last Crimson Dragon of the royal bloodline. Their bond was legendary, whispered about in every corner of the realm. But when Daevan's calculated political marriage to the Ice Duke's daughter was announced, Lyra learned the brutal truth: she was never his equal. She was his secret, his indulgence, the low-born bond-mate he'd hide in the shadows while he built his empire with a proper bride.
So Lyra did what no bonded human in history had done—she walked into the forbidden Obsidian Chasm and used ancient, soul-shattering blood magic to tear their connection apart. The process nearly killed her. The pain carved permanent silver scars across her chest where his mark once burned. But she survived, and she disappeared.
Now, Lyra has resurfaced as "The Scarlet Veil," a mysterious black-market enchantress whose illegal modifications of dragon-bonds have made her both legendary and hunted. Wrapped in crimson silk and protected by death-magic wards, she helps desperate bonded humans escape abusive dragons, building an underground network that threatens the empire's entire power structure.
Daevan has spent three years in his own hell. The political marriage never happened—he burned the Ice Duke's estate to ash the night Lyra severed their bond, feeling her agony across their dying connection. He's searched every shadow of the empire for her, growing more ruthless, more obsessed, more desperate. His dragon has been slowly going feral without its mate, and the court whispers that the Crown Prince is losing his mind.
When a high-profile assassination attempt forces Lyra out of hiding, Daevan finally finds her—and discovers the girl he broke is now a woman who's learned to weaponize everything he taught her. She's powerful, untouchable, and utterly done with him. She rebuilt herself from the ashes of their bond, and she refuses to burn for him again.
But Daevan isn't the calculating prince who chose duty over love anymore. He's a man who's lost everything that mattered, and he'll tear down his own empire if that's what it takes to earn her back. When old enemies resurface and the truth behind the empire's dragon-bonds is revealed as a thousand-year conspiracy, Lyra and Daevan are forced into an impossible alliance.
He wants redemption. She wants revolution. And the bond they destroyed might be the only thing that can save them both—if it doesn't consume them first.
Can a love built on broken promises survive a second chance? Or will the ashes of their past smother any hope for their future?