The Dragon Captive: A Dark Fantasy Fated Mates Romance

She walked into a cursed manor to chain a monster. Instead, she became his captive. Orlaith is a desperate bounty hunter bound by a ruthless guild. To save her brother's life, she takes the suicide mission no one else will touch: infiltrate the decaying, shifting halls of Blackwood Manor and capture its legendary disgraced lord. Armed with enchanted iron and a silver-etched blade, she expects a brutal fight.
She doesn't expect to find a winged, half-dragon shifter. Lord Vander is a lethal apex predator betrayed by his king and hunted by the world. He has spent a decade in isolated madness, his immense draconic power warping the very foundations of his ancestral home. When a beautiful, defiant hunter breaks into his sanctuary, his primal instincts demand immediate violence. But the moment his scaled hands touch her, a dormant, ancient magic awakens.
He isn't looking at his executioner. He's looking at his fated mate. The trap flips instantly. Orlaith finds herself locked inside a gilded cage, completely at the mercy of a fiercely possessive monster who refuses to let her out of his sight. As the corrupt guild marches an army to the manor's gates, Orlaith must decide whether to betray the man she came to hunt, or stand beside him and let the dragon burn the world to ash to protect what is his.
The Cursed Manor is a standalone, slow-burn dark fantasy romance. If you love brooding monsters, high-stakes action, and heroes who will destroy an entire kingdom for the woman they love, step into the dark. Tropes: Enemies to Lovers | Fated Mates | Captive & Captor | Dragon Shifter | Morally Grey Alpha | Touch Her and You Die Spice Level: High emotional tension, slow-burn romance with closed-door/fade-to-black intimacy.