Inside the Dragon's Mind

Victoria has spent her life pretending to be the daughter her mother wants: obedient, powerful, devoted to dark magic. In truth, she despises the very magic that built her family's legacy-and the lies that come with it.

Her carefully controlled world fractures the day a wounded dragon appears in her mother's immaculate garden. Dragons are meant to be feared, hunted, destroyed. Yet this one is helpless... and being pursued by knights sworn to kill it.

Among them is Julian-cold, ruthless, and everything Victoria hates. Her greatest enemy. A knight loyal to the same dark traditions she longs to escape.

When ancient magic binds their lives together through a curse neither of them asked for, Victoria and Julian are forced into an uneasy alliance. The curse demands unity. Survival demands a kiss. And the legendary weapon they are destined to inherit will only awaken if they work together.

As buried memories surface and long-held visions begin to unravel, Victoria discovers that the truth about dark magic, dragons, and destiny has been twisted for generations. The curse was never meant to bind them together-it was meant to keep them obedient. And the love she once lost may have been taken by the very person she trusted most.

With the world they know beginning to crack, Victoria and Julian must decide whether to follow the paths written for them... or destroy the magic that controls their lives, even if it costs them everything.

Some destinies are forged.
Others are broken.

Prompts: No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 11, No. 40, No. 44, No. 101.