Have you ever had a secret so dangerous that revealing it could change everything?
Searon knows that kind of life all too well. To most, she is just another teenager trying to find her place in the world. But to a select few, she is something far more extraordinary-and far more feared.
Born of a powerful bloodline, Searon is no ordinary wolf-shifter. Trained by her father, the legendary Mountain Wolf, she possesses strength, speed, and skill that surpass even the fiercest of warriors. Yet, despite all her power, there is one thing she has never truly known-a place to belong.
Determined to experience pack life firsthand, Searon enrolls in high school, eager to embrace the world she has been kept from for so long. But instead of acceptance, she is met with cruelty, jealousy, and betrayal. As old rivalries resurface and hidden enemies lurk in the shadows, Searon soon learns that power is both a blessing and a curse.
Torn between love and heartbreak, loyalty and deception, Searon must decide whether to fight for her place in the pack or walk away before she loses herself entirely. But when the ultimate betrayal comes from the one she trusted most, she is forced to uncover a truth even darker than the secrets she hides.
Will she rise above those who seek to break her? Or will the weight of her past crush her before she even has the chance to fight for her future?
[WATTY'S 2024 SHORTLIST] When the Ravos Kingdom abducts the Nyrial Emperor's dragon, princess Aeryn Glastos must marry the demon prince planning her assassination to save her empire and end the war while guarding her heart and a dangerous secret.
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The twenty-two-year-old draconian princess is starting her final year at Insignia Academy during the height of the war between the draconians and demons. Aeryn's dream is to graduate as a bonded Champion in the Fire Force and fight in the war. The only problem is, she is the only draconian to never receive a power by age twenty. Ashamed of his powerless daughter, the emperor of the Nyrial Empire proposes a marriage between Aeryn and the Ravos Kingdom's demon prince to end the war and get his dragon back.
Shade Cross is ruthless, cunning, and dangerously powerful. Everything he touches dies, except Aeryn. He awakens something in her she has never felt before and she acquires not one, but two powers. She must navigate both nations built upon lies, betrayals, a forbidden alliance, and a deadly curse. When she discovers the truth about her empire, she must make a choice: protect the secrets and save her father, or side with the enemy. Aeryn needs to be careful because when it reigns, it pours, and she is caught right in the middle of a feuding storm between both nations.