The Wrong Room

The wedding wine of Draconis was nothing like anything Mia had ever tasted in either of her lives… dark red, almost black, poured from bottles so old the glass had gone cloudy, tasting of crushed berries and woodsmoke, with something underneath both that loosened every carefully held knot in her shoulders before she had even finished the first glass. Warmth spread through her chest like a slow tide with nowhere to rush.She had three glasses before she thought to count, four before she stopped counting entirely.The great hall was transformed tonight. Every torch replaced with flames that burned violet and gold, white flowers cascading from the rafters in long dramatic sweeps, the whole court dressed in their finest for a wedding that Zyren had announced two weeks ago with the same tone he used for everything he decide… which was to simply state it and let the world arrange itself accordingly.He had not asked her, not exactly. He had come to her in the study three days after the hear

Last Updated : 2026-05-25

Fire Without Permission

She was still thinking about the chair.About him sitting in it all night, still dressed, walls completely down, those ember eyes on her face the moment she opened hers, like he had been watching her sleep and had zero intention of pretending otherwise. About the way he said where was I supposed to go, like it was the simplest answer in the world. About Cecilia's voice through the door, bright with victory, breakfast is ready whenever you choose to emerge.She was still thinking about all of it when a knock came at her door barely an hour after breakfast, before she had even finished her coffee.She opened it.Zyren stood in the corridor, already dressed for the training yard, no jacket, sleeves rolled to the elbow, looking like a man who had decided something before the sun finished rising."Training," he said.“No greetings?""Not necessary… the heartstone is waking. The longer we wait the less control you have over what it does next." He looked at her coffee. "Bring that if you nee

Last Updated : 2026-06-03

Cecilia Has a Problem

She still had not walked straight by the time she reached the corridor.Which was irritating. Mia Weston had walked out of board meetings where men twice her age tried to dismantle everything she had built, walked out steady and composed, heels clicking, not a single crack showing. She had held together through her husband's betrayal, through dying, through waking up in a completely different world wearing someone else's face.One man walking through her fire and saying neither do I was apparently the thing that got her."My Lady."Cecilia was waiting at the corridor junction, arms full of fresh linens, looking at Mia's face with the expression of a woman reading a book she had not been given permission to read."Not a word," Mia said."I have not said anything…""You are about to.""I was simply going to ask how training went." Cecilia fell into step beside her, completely innocent. "Your hair smells like smoke.""Training went fine.""Mm." A pause. "Is the courtyard still standing?"

Last Updated : 2026-06-04

All Chapters of The Dragon King's Traded Bride: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

The Wrong Room

Fire Without Permission

Cecilia Has a Problem