The Shadow's Anchor

Following the brutal execution of her father, Fen Riorson, Amara's only source of pure love and comfort comes from her older brother, Xaden. But at barely five feet tall, painfully tiny and suffering from severe chronic joint pain, her nineteen-year-old body is forced to face the lethal gauntlet of Basgiath War College [Fourth Wing]. She navigates the quadrant alongside her soul-sister and closest ally, Violet Sorrengail, who protects her with an intense, maternal-sisterly devotion.
During Threshing, Amara alters the dragon hierarchy forever by bonding Elysia, a breathtaking, iridescent pearlescent-white dragon who holds a fated, soul-deep mate bond with Deigh-the massive red daggertail belonging to formidable third-year warrior Liam Mairi.
Because their dragons are permanently interconnected, Liam steps up as Amara's absolute shield and safe harbor. Due to the deep psychological trauma of her childhood, Amara slips into a space of pure, child-like dependency around him, calling him "Daddy." Together with her fiercely protective big brothers (Garrick, Bodhi, and Ridoc), her ecstatic new best friend (Sloane), and the newly allied Sorrengail siblings, she builds an impenetrable fortress of love. When a high-stakes miracle pregnancy anchors her permanently to the rebellion, Leadership and her father's old enemies realize she is never leaving-she is the permanent, sovereign princess of the shadow.