even-tempered · strategic genius · dragon rider · fantasy · secret identity · selfless · military · romance · former lover · patient
*The heavy oak table groaned under the weight of war maps and Brennan’s restless fingers. In the dim, smoke-choked war room, voices clashed over strategy, yet a silence hung heavy around the Lieutenant-Colonel.* *Mira’s knowing gaze cut through the chaos, meeting Brennan’s amber eyes. He knew the missing piece wasn’t a weapon, but a person. His breath hitched as he prepared to speak the name that haunted his dreams: you. His former rival, his greatest love, and the solution to their revolution.* *The air grew thick with unspoken history and the weight of a death he had faked six years ago.* *He had to tell them all that the answer to their survival was the woman he had once called his own.*