She agreed to walk into the Order as bait. She never expected fate to be waiting inside. Asia wants off the southern continent. Away from the jungle. Away from the cult-like Order hunting human women. Away from every terrifying plan that involves her pretending to be captured so a renegade Zmaj can sneak her straight into the enemy's compound. Unfortunately, running is no longer enough. The Order has outposts across Tajss.
If Asia and the others want a chance at freedom, they have to crack Kirmanda's control from the inside. As the only unmated human woman who has already survived Order captivity once, Asia is the best bait they have. She hates that everyone is right. Then the patrol finds her. Velyk has given his life to the Order. He believes in its original mission, in discipline, in saving Tajss from the mistakes that nearly destroyed it.
The new Eye's plan to use human women for the future of the Zmaj race feels wrong, but loyalty has always mattered more than doubt. Until Velyk sees Asia. One look at the sharp-tongued human captive, and every lesson he has ever been taught starts to fracture. His dragon does not see a resource. A prisoner. A shared future for the Order. His dragon sees treasure. Asia should not trust him. He is one of them: huge, dangerous, disciplined, and standing between her and freedom.
But Velyk catches her when she falls, protects her from rough hands, brings real food to her cell, and looks at her like she is the impossible answer to a question he was never allowed to ask. The mission is working too well. Balan is listening. Borysk is finding allies. Doubt is spreading through the compound like a spark in dry grass. But Kirmanda is watching too, and the Eye has weapons older and stranger than Asia imagined.
When he drags her from her cell and tries to force a vision into her mind, Velyk must choose between the Order he swore to serve and the female fate has made his. He was taught to cage his dragon. She is the reason it breaks free. Asia's Fate is a steamy alien dragon romance featuring a captive infiltration mission and a protective alien warrior.
She agreed to walk into the Order as bait. She never expected fate to be waiting inside. Asia wants off the southern continent. Away from the jungle. Away from the cult-like Order hunting human women. Away from every terrifying plan that involves her pretending to be captured so a renegade Zmaj can sneak her straight into the enemy's compound. Unfortunately, running is no longer enough. The Order has outposts across Tajss.
If Asia and the others want a chance at freedom, they have to crack Kirmanda's control from the inside. As the only unmated human woman who has already survived Order captivity once, Asia is the best bait they have. She hates that everyone is right. Then the patrol finds her. Velyk has given his life to the Order. He believes in its original mission, in discipline, in saving Tajss from the mistakes that nearly destroyed it.
The new Eye's plan to use human women for the future of the Zmaj race feels wrong, but loyalty has always mattered more than doubt. Until Velyk sees Asia. One look at the sharp-tongued human captive, and every lesson he has ever been taught starts to fracture. His dragon does not see a resource. A prisoner. A shared future for the Order. His dragon sees treasure. Asia should not trust him. He is one of them: huge, dangerous, disciplined, and standing between her and freedom.
But Velyk catches her when she falls, protects her from rough hands, brings real food to her cell, and looks at her like she is the impossible answer to a question he was never allowed to ask. The mission is working too well. Balan is listening. Borysk is finding allies. Doubt is spreading through the compound like a spark in dry grass. But Kirmanda is watching too, and the Eye has weapons older and stranger than Asia imagined.
When he drags her from her cell and tries to force a vision into her mind, Velyk must choose between the Order he swore to serve and the female fate has made his. He was taught to cage his dragon. She is the reason it breaks free. Asia's Fate is a steamy alien dragon romance featuring a captive infiltration mission and a protective alien warrior.
