Dragon Slayer

Dragon slayer, Kilain, has lived years learning and then teaching the art of bonding with, understanding, and protecting dragons. After her dragon, Daer, went feral and she was forced to kill him, she grew to accept that even with the remnants he left her, she will never be the same again. Without a dragon, she will never have the same strength or speed she once did. But more importantly, she'll never have another partner in life like she had with Daer.

Kilain knows the statistics, a partner can't live long without their other half. But every day she breathes, that she stays sane, she sets another record. No other pair separated by death has made it as long as she has. But there's a reason for that, Daer left her something when he died, a secret she will take to her grave. She may not be a mighty dragon like her partner was, but what would she know, she's not a rider anymore either.

In fact . . . she's barely human.