𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 - 𝐗.𝐑.

Lorelai Veylerin, the only daughter of Queen Aelira Veyrelin of Marvanya, a kingdom known more for its elegance than its edge. Born into silk and strategy, Lorelai has spent her life seen as little more than a beautiful ornament-delicate, obedient, and harmless. Every decision has been made for her, every word measured, every smile practiced. But beneath the surface of porcelain grace lies a soul quietly starving for freedom.

One evening, she has finally had enough, Lorelai does the unthinkable: she runs. Not to a distant court or a quiet countryside-but to Basgiath War College, a place built to break the strong, let alone someone as soft and sheltered as her. She may be sweet, but Basgiath doesn't care for sweetness. And Lorelai is about to find out what it truly means to fight for the right to be her own.

Xaden Riorson is the son of the infamous rebel general, Fen Riorson-traitor to Navarre and the face of a war that still haunts the kingdom. Now in his final year at Basgiath War College, Xaden has carved out a reputation of his own: deadly with a blade, darker with a glare, and even more dangerous with the shadows he commands. A brooding, dragon-riding force of nature. An asshole. A hot one, sure-but an asshole all the same.

He's the Wingleader of the Fourth Wing, feared, respected, and impossible to ignore. No one dares challenge him... until a certain runaway princess shows up, all silk smiles and secret steel. She's everything he doesn't need-and everything he can't seem to stop looking at.

And just like that, Xaden Riorson's carefully controlled world starts to unravel.

All characters except for my own belong to Rebecca Yarros