catch me now ⇢ fourth wing

Bet you thought I'd never do it, it'd go over my head. I bet you figured I'd pass with the winter, be something easy to forget. Oh, you think I'm gone, cause I left?

-Olivia Rodrigo

Anastasia, the heir to the Navarre throne, but a crown is and was never what she wanted. She never wanted the pressure, the duty, and title. And so on Conscription Day, she makes a life changing decision and decides to runaway from her title and become the one thing that might just kill her.

Becoming a dragon rider at Basgiath.

There, she meets Xaden Riorson-third-year wingleader, her enemy in every way, and the one person she should avoid at all costs.

Everything changes when Anastasia bonds with Tarineanch, the only other known black dragon. The bond is rare, powerful... and complicated by the fact that Tarineanch is mated to Sgaeyl, whose rider is Xaden.

Forced into constant proximity, hatred twists into something far more dangerous neither of them wants to admit. At the same time, Anastasia finds unexpected safety with Garrick Tavis, a steady third-year marked by rebellion relics who offers her a kind of love that feels real and calm.

But in the Riders Quadrant, nothing stays simple for long. As war brews and secrets unravel, Anastasia must choose between the life she ran from, the one she's building, and the people she was never supposed to want.

And survival might not be enough this time.

[ XADEN RIORSON x FEM! OC ]
BOOK #1 IN THE CROWN OF STORMS SERIES