Description
He broke the marriage rite to save the woman he loves. Now saving his kingdom may cost him the dragon he has always been.
The ancient barriers around Valedryn are failing, and King Darius Veyne can no longer rely on the stolen magic that once sustained his crown. Beyond the northern gate, Elara Wynn discovers Threnhold—a hidden dragon community built on a dangerous principle for any monarch: power must be freely given, and it must be possible to take it back.
While Elara studies the price of silver fire and the memories it can steal, Darius faces mounting anger at home. Displaced families need protection. Witnesses to the old marriage rites demand justice. And evidence of a concealed magical conduit raises the possibility that the exploitation they exposed has not truly ended.
As the kingdom moves toward a new system of wards, Elara and Darius must decide what love and loyalty mean when neither can promise the other safety. Breaking the crown may free Valedryn from its past. It may also take Darius’s dragon form forever.
A sweeping dragon romantasy of hard-won trust, forbidden power, and the courage to build a future no one is forced to sacrifice themselves for. Book Two of The Firebound Kingdoms. Best read after The Ash King’s Borrowed Bride.
