The Flame Between Us

A blood-mage sentenced to burn makes a bargain with a Drakhar dragon-shifter to bring down the empire that slaughtered her family.

Sera Voss was meant to die on the pyre. The Aetherium Empire built it from dragon-bone ash specifically to kill her - the last daughter of the Crimson Covenant, condemned for blood-magic and treason.

She planned to use the execution as her escape.

She didn't plan for Kaelithrax.

He is Drakhar - a dragon-shifter exiled to the Scorched Reaches, with molten gold eyes and a reputation for ending wars single-handedly. He appears as the torch drops, breaks her enchanted chains, and offers a contract written in old dragon law: her revenge in exchange for her service.

Dragon bargains do not break. If she fails, she will spend centuries in the dark beneath the mountain, aware and alone.

Sera accepts. She will burn the Temple of Eternal Dawn to the ground, and Kael is the only creature powerful enough to make it happen.

But empires do not fall quietly, and the bond forming between a hunted blood-mage and the dragon who saved her may be more dangerous than the throne they intend to topple.

THE FLAME BETWEEN US is a dark enemies-to-lovers romantasy, perfect for readers who love dragon shifter heroes, morally gray bargains, and heroines who choose vengeance over safety.

Inside:
- Dragon shifter romance with fated tension
- Blood magic and empire-toppling revenge
- Bargain with consequences
- Touch-her-and-die protection
- Forced proximity and slow-burn trust
- A complete 28,000-word prequel that leads into the full series