Darius was forged to be a king’s perfect weapon. Born in the heart of the fae kingdom and raised in King Tharion’s court, he carries an impossible gift—fire and frost in one body. He keeps order, earns glory, and hides the quiet heresy that he treats humans as equals in a world that won’t. Then a mission to the Northern Forests puts him blade-to-blade with Sylvara—the shadow-veiled ruler of a hidden Dragonblood city and the rebellion Tharion fears. She is all contradictions: lethal and tender, mocking and merciful, an enemy who calls him “knight” with a smile that feels like a promise. Their clashes ignite a pull neither can deny, even as war and duty demand they do. When betrayal within the rebels leads to Sylvara’s capture and Darius’s downfall, a daring rescue forces him to choose a side—and the choice remakes him. In Aelthrys, among dragons sleeping beneath the mountain and a people who refuse to bow, Darius learns the truth behind an ancient prophecy: When flame and frost unite with shadow’s wing, the Lost Flame shall rise. As Tharion marches to crush the last spark of freedom, friends will bleed, loyalties will break, and a legend will wake. With the witty, dagger-sharp Bob at their backs and treachery stalking the council, Darius and Sylvara must turn enemies into allies and something more or watch the world burn. At Hare’s Gate, where kingdoms collide and dragons answer a single roar, one truth will decide the future: love is a weapon—and a vow. What you’ll find: Epic romantasy • enemies to lovers → fated partners. A fae commander with dual affinity (fire & ice) A shadow-winged rebel queen and a hidden dragon city Court intrigue, betrayal, torture, and rescue heists Found family, Human/Fae/Dragonblood unity, and dragons awakening. A prophecy fulfilled in the most dangerous way possible.