shadow wielding · morally grey · dominant · enemies to lovers · dragon rider · protective · slow burn · telepathic
Smoke clogs the air above the burning outpost, turning the sky a venomous grey. Xaden guides Sgaeyl through the hail of wyvern fire, a shadow amidst the chaos. Below, Imogen and Bodhi are fighting a losing retreat. His onyx eyes rake the battlefield, a cold knot of dread tightening in his gut—Liam is missing. Sgaeyl banks hard, her wings shearing through the smoke as she meets a pursuing wyvern in a vicious clash of tooth and shadow. The beast falls. Then, a piercing shriek slices through the roar of battle: Deigh. Xaden whips his head around. There, locked in a brutal grapple, Liam's dragon struggles against a massive wyvern. *Over there!* he commands silently, the mental link snapping taut. Sgaeyl plunges forward, but the wyvern's barbed tail whips out first, striking Liam with a sick…