The Dragon's Bargain

For three thousand years, the Council of Magisters has ruled with an iron fist, exterminating dragons and shadow-mages alike. Vesper Ashford is the last of her kind-a seventeen-year-old shadow-mage who watched her family die for the crime of existing. Draven is the last dragon, cursed to a half-life of pain and imprisonment, finally facing execution after three millennia of suffering.

When Vesper sees the smoke rising over Thornhaven, she should run. Instead, she walks into the execution square and does the impossible: she saves the dragon, forging a forbidden bond that connects their souls and makes them partners in magic, war, and destiny.

Hunted by the most powerful empire in the world, Vesper and Draven must build an alliance of the desperate and the outcast-shadow-mages in hiding, dragons thought extinct, creatures from the Deep Realms, and humans who dream of freedom. Together, they'll challenge an empire, fight a war that spans continents, and build a new world from the ashes of the old.

But the Dragon's Bargain demands a price. As Vesper and Draven navigate political intrigue, magical warfare, and the slow-building love that grows between them, they'll discover that some partnerships transcend even death itself.

Perfect for fans of slow-burn romance, found family, and epic fantasy with heart. *The Dragon's Bargain* is a novel about love, resistance, and the magic that happens when two outcasts choose each other against all odds.