Astrea Ysoria thought the hardest part was surviving. She was wrong. The hardest part is learning that everyone she loves has been keeping secrets that could burn the world down. And Xaden Riorson-the boy whose soul is so tangled with hers she can't tell where she ends and he begins-has been fighting a war behind her back while she lived in blissful ignorance. They were written in the stars before either of them could read. Forged from the same cosmic fire, destined to find each other across lifetimes, universes, worlds that crumble and rebuild. But what happens when the person you were born to love becomes the person who's been lying to you since you learned to breathe? Some truths set you free. Others destroy everything you thought you knew about soulmates and destiny and the kind of love that transcends time itself. Now Astrea must choose: forgive the lies that kept her safe, or shatter the only love that has ever felt like coming home. War orphans don't get fairy tales. But sometimes they get something more devastating. They get a love that survives the truth. Part 2 of A Dance of Light and Shadow

Princess Ayla has lived her entire life behind palace walls, protected by protocol and propriety. But when assassins strike at a royal banquet, her beloved guard dies in her arms, and everything changes. The tournament to choose her new protector draws hundreds of Navarre's finest warriors. None expect the masked victor to be Xaden Riorson-son of a executed traitor, marked as dangerous, and everything a princess should fear. He kneels before her with blood on his mouth and shadows at his back. He swears an oath with rebellion in his voice. And when their eyes meet, Ayla realizes the greatest threat isn't the enemies hunting her. It's the way she can't look away from the most dangerous man in the kingdom.

Some loves are born in sunlight. Others grow in the shadow of war. Astrea Ysoria was supposed to heal, not kill. Her hands were meant for mending bones, not gripping daggers. But war orphans don't get the luxury of choice-and when you're the daughter of the general who signed death warrants for rebels, your gentleness becomes a liability the moment you step foot in the Riders Quadrant. What breaks her isn't the bridge designed to kill soft things like her. It's him. Xaden Riorson. Five years of silence. Five years of pretending they never existed to each other. Five years of learning to hate what they used to love. But some bonds refuse to break, even when they should. Even when loving him is treason. Even when every touch feels like betrayal and every heartbeat whispers enemy. This is what happens when war takes children and forges them into weapons. When the only person who ever saw you as whole is the one person you're supposed to destroy. This is a love story. It's also a war story. Sometimes, those are the same thing.

MUST READ "FURY'S LEGACY" BEFORE STARTING THIS!! Seraphina Riorson has one task - find a cure for Xaden and save their family. So what happens when a hundred obstacles come her way? Can they really survive the war, or will they end up like their prophecy says? Like the first Seraphina and Xaden? STARTED - FINISHED Act three (onyx storm) - ONGOING Act four (fury's storm ) - not started yet

In the hallowed halls of Basgiath War College, where dragon riders are forged, a new cadet emerges: Seraphina Draven. With a fiery temper and unparalleled combat skills, Seraphina is determined to carve her own path, even as whispers of her parents' roles in the Tyrrish Rebellion echo through the corridors. As a first-year student alongside Violet Sorrengail, Seraphina must navigate the treacherous dynamics of the college, all while concealing her deep connection to Xaden Riorson, the enigmatic leader of the marked ones. Bound by a shared past and a love that defies the scars of their lineage, Seraphina and Xaden face challenges that threaten not only their bond but the very fabric of their world. --- Posting schedule : randomly through the week beacause I'm on my summer break! STARTED - 24.1.2025. FINISHED - 16.10.2025. fourth wing (act one) finished -16.3.2025 iron flame (act two and three) finished - 28.5.2025. onyx storm (act four) - ONGOING in this book and in the second book "Onyx's legacy"