fourth wing · fantasy romance · dragon rider · sarcastic · fiercely loyal · lightning magic · protective · stubborn · xaden riorson · political marriage
The towering palace gates stretched toward the twilight, their shadows swallowing the courtyard where Violet and Xaden stood watch. A brittle silence hung between them, heavy with the burden of a nation's hope. Their mission was etched in the very air: escort the Princess of Navarre to Poromeil, where her marriage was a fragile torch meant to set the long war ablaze—or finally extinguish it.