She was only a stable girl. Until the dragon chose her instead of the crown.
Veyra Emberhold was never meant to be chosen.
At Aurelith Academy, dragons are for noble bloodlines, Crown riders, and cadets born with names powerful enough to command the sky. Veyra belongs in the lower stables, where rejected dragons are chained, servants stay invisible, and survival means knowing when to lower your eyes.
Then Crown Selection day arrives.
The noble cadets stand ready. The bloodlines wait to be proven. The Council watches for the next perfect rider.
And Veyrath, the broken-horned dragon marked as defective and dangerous, walks into the arena and chooses Veyra.
The mark on her wrist should not exist.
The bond is unlawful.
The Crown calls it corruption.
But Veyra knows the truth in her bones: Veyrath did not make a mistake.
Dravenor Pyrefall, academy champion and Crown-bonded rider, should hand her over before the Council turns her into a warning. Instead, when the mark burns through him too, he begins to question the laws he was raised to enforce.
Now Veyra must survive the academy trials, protect the dragon who chose her, and uncover why her dead mother's name was buried beneath the same accusation now placed on her.
The Crown says dragons choose by blood.
Veyrath chose a stable girl.
And some choices are powerful enough to burn kingdoms.
The Burning Crown is Book One in The Dragon Who Chose Wrong, a dark adult dragon academy romantasy duet with a stable girl heroine, a broken-horned dragon, forbidden dragon bonds, Crown corruption, academy trials, a morally grey champion, and dangerous slow burn tension.
Perfect for readers who love dragon rider romance, dark romantasy, academy fantasy romance, forbidden bonds, powerful heroines, morally grey heroes, dangerous dragon magic, and Kindle Unlimited fantasy romance.
