In the Ashen Wards of Meridian City, survival means staying invisible. Hunger has taught one young woman to steal, run, and never trust the empire that claims magic vanished centuries ago. Then the Collectors find her. Dragged from the streets and marked as a threat, she is forced into Blackspire, where prisoners and recruits are tested beneath the gaze of an imperial system built on fear, spectacle, and control. The deeper she is pushed into its deadly trials, the more impossible truths begin to surface. Dragons are not the mindless weapons the court describes. Suppressed power still survives in blood the empire insists is empty. And Aurelian, a feared champion whose loyalty is far more complicated than it appears, may be the only person who understands what it means to carry dangerous power that cannot be safely revealed. Their connection develops in stolen moments between brutal training, political deception, and missions where one mistake can expose them both. Around them, hidden allies prepare to challenge a regime that has turned old history into propaganda and living beings into tools. To survive, she must learn whether the strange bond she feels with dragons is a weakness the empire can exploit or the key to becoming something it cannot control. Ashes Beneath the Dragon Court is a dark dragon fantasy romance packed with dangerous trials, rebellion, forbidden magic, morally complicated loyalties, high-stakes action, and a slow-burning connection shaped by trust in a world where nearly every truth has been weaponized.
In the Ashen Wards of Meridian City, survival means staying invisible. Hunger has taught one young woman to steal, run, and never trust the empire that claims magic vanished centuries ago. Then the Collectors find her. Dragged from the streets and marked as a threat, she is forced into Blackspire...