He's always in control... She's always wild... Danica Hawthorne has been training for the day she would cross the Parapet into the Rider's Quadrant at Basgiath War College. As a general's daughter, she's expected to excel and become the strongest in her year. Fellow cadets target Danica to get revenge for their parents' deaths, and she must come face-to-face with the son of the Great Betrayer: Xaden Riorson. When she bonds with the mate of his dragon, their lives are irrevocably tied together. Will they end up wanting to kill each other or kill for the other?

🗡 | 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚. 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆. 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒔, 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 🌜| 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝘪 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮, and a few others. 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩

Every year, swaths of 20-year-olds descend upon a college campus. Unfortunately, this college specializes in war, in consideration of the one raging at its borders. Outposts and enemies line the eastern mountains, guarded by many from the army, but most notably, the Dragon Riders. (Y/N)'s future was determined long before he was born. As far as he was concerned, none of that destiny included Basgiath; not after he watched his grandfather descend into mad ramblings from his battles after bonding a dragon, then fell to the whims of a power-hungry Colonel who would do anything to hurt him. The quadrant destroyed the good and empowered the bad, and he wanted nothing to do with it, no matter what his name spelled. Xaden Riorson's future was clear, no Basgiath or dragons in sight. That was, until he was 16, when his father's apostasy-turned-secession fell apart; his home was burned; and his father went missing, only to be reported by someone he thought was an ally, then murdered. Unfortunately for both of them, Basgiath wouldn't let them off so easily. Xaden had a two year head start and became a Wingleader, ready-and willing-to sacrifice anything to fulfill his goals. Some may call them selfish and many call him ruthless, but he's no stranger to prescribed titles. (Y/N) stood before the bridge, but he had no intention of making it across. His ruined future and unstable life would be given to a cause much more worthy than the torture of Basgiath: his mother, his father, and his patron: Zihnal, the God of Chaos. *HE/HIM* [Book 1 of 2]

Akira Caym is different. Having spent her whole life isolated, she takes the first chance she has to be reintroduced to the world. Upon entering the Riders Quadrant, she somehow snags the attention of a certain shadow wielder. Navigating through her new life, parts of her past come up better left forgotten. Xaden Riorson x oc ⚠️Disclaimer!⚠️ I do not own any characters nor plot other than my ocs. Everything else belongs to the amazing Rebecca Yarros.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 ⨟ completed fourth wing short story | no sequel | discontinued ✧. ┊fem!oc 𝒙 ridoc © amilliondreamzz