Howling Echoes - The Echoes, Book 1 - Rewritten

She felt the cold, hypnotizing gaze burrow deep in her soul, as though it was running through thoughts and memories and everything she knew about herself and more. Crystal shapes formed like frost at the edge of the creature's eyes, and its long, slender tail was wrapped around her, with two thin fins gently brushing against her arms.
Every instinct in her body was telling her to run. Her instincts shrieked at her, begging for her to run, but still she couldn't move, even as the creature blew a small puff of frost into her face, adding to the numbing cold and revealing gleaming, small, sharp white teeth. An icy gaze pinned me in place.
But, no matter how brilliant the dragon looked, shining like ice and snow in the crisp morning, she couldn't help but think one thought.
She was gonna die.
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Kiara lived on her own for as long as she could remember. She survived using nothing but her own skills and instincts, and never needed anyone else. At least, not until the Dragon Riders came.
The Dragon Riders took her away from her isolated life and filled it with people and socialization - things she was in no way familiar with. But as she finds her family and fate intertwined with the Dragon Riders and the Hunters they fought, it became clearer and clearer to Kiara that she couldn't just leave - and she needed to decide which future she wanted, before it was too late to choose.