The Serpent of Aethralune

In the floating isles of Aethralune, power belongs to those chosen by dragons-and Eira Aureli was chosen by none. Branded a disappointment to her noble house and forced into silence about her growing, impossible magic, Eira prepares for a life lived in the shadows.
Until the day a forbidden serpent-dragon rises from the clouds beneath the islands... and saves her.
Its rider, Kael, is an exile hunted by every dragon house in the sky. Cold, secretive, and bound to the most feared creature in existence, he wants nothing to do with the dragonless girl who accidentally disrupts his mission. But when assassins strike from within Eira's own house, Kael is the only one who can keep her alive-and the only one who knows the truth about the ancient power waking inside her.
Reluctant allies at best and enemies at worst, the two are forced into a dangerous flight across abandoned isles, ancient ruins, and long-buried secrets. Something monstrous is rising in the clouds below, and Eira's magic may be the key to stopping it.
Or unleashing it.
As their uneasy trust deepens into something neither expected, Eira must face a destiny she was never meant to have-and a boy she was never meant to fall for.
A serpent stirs. A prophecy awakens.
And the skies of Aethralune will never be the same.