"The weak don't survive here." At Arclight Academy, your worth is measured by the creature you bond with. For Serenya Vale, a scholarship student born with a chronic, progressive illness, surviving the brutal training seems impossible. She expects to fail. She expects to die. What she doesn't expect is Kairen Draxen. Lethal, silent, and wrapped in living darkness, Kairen is the only rider in centuries to bond with a shadow dragon. To survive his bond, he had to stop feeling entirely, turning himself into a cold, unyielding void. No one can break his control. Until Serenya walks through the iron gates. Suddenly, Kairen's shadows are acting on their own-escaping his command to pool at Serenya's feet and ease her pain. As the lethal academy trials begin, the two are forced into an impossible proximity. Bound by a cosmic soul connection that demands his darkness surrender to her light, Kairen is terrified of losing control, and Serenya is just trying to stay alive. Featuring: > 🖤 Hurt/Comfort & Underdog Heroine 🖤 Grumpy x Sunshine (Dark Romantasy edition) 🖤 "Touch her and you die" energy 🖤 Forced Proximity & Fated Soulbonds

Dru Tabris was never meant to survive. After killing a nobleman in the name of vengeance, all that waited for her was dead. Until fate intervened. Conscripted into the Grey Wardens, she is thrust from the executioner's block into a war against ancient monsters stirring beneath the earth. The Blight spreads like rot, and when betrayal from within leads to the king's death, Dru and Alistair, fellow warrior, are all who remain. Hunted by the crown they once served, they become fugitives in a land teetering on ruin. Their only hope lies in a fraying alliance of mages, mercenaries, and outcasts-each with secrets of their own. To end the Blight, Dru must unite a broken kingdom, face the ghosts of her past, and confront a destiny written in blood. Book 1 in the Dragon Age series © Bioware • Written by Korrindo Tale First Draft

Also available in: 🇫🇷 Sous les cieux de Thédas 🇪🇸 Bajo los cielos de Thedas Eliza Thorne was just a bounty hunter when she joined the Inquisition. Known for getting the job done-fast, clean, no questions asked. But one night changed everything. During a hunt, she's given a new mission: protect Ambassador Josephine Montilyet. Forced to return to Skyhold against her will, Eliza is assigned to guard a noblewoman she sees as too refined, too diplomatic... and far too talkative. Yet in the shadows of court intrigue, threats, and secrets, something begins to shift. A connection. A slow-burning bond she didn't see coming. And what Eliza had spent her whole life avoiding-attachment, vulnerability, love-suddenly becomes impossible to ignore. In a world at war, loving someone may be a strength... Or the most dangerous risk of all. © 2025 Nathalie Herrera. All rights reserved. All texts, excerpts, images, concepts, and original characters featured on this site are the exclusive property of the author, unless stated otherwise. Any reproduction, distribution, or adaptation without written permission is prohibited. This work is a fanfiction inspired by the universe of *Dragon Age* (Bioware). It is created for non-commercial purposes only, with no intention of infringing upon the rights of the official copyright holders.