Soulmarked: A Dragon Forced Bond Romance: 1

HER DRAGON CHOSE THE ENEMY. HIS DRAGON CHOSE HER. NOW EVERYONE WANTS TO CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. Nessa Cael came to Thornreach War College determined to prove peace between Crown and Vaskyr could survive the scars of war. She never expected her dragon to cross a field of diplomats and choose Tavian Rusk-the infuriating Vaskyr rider she has every reason to distrust. Then Tavian's dragon marks Nessa in return. Suddenly, they are trapped inside a rare soulmark neither rider asked for-a connection that carries pain, emotion, location, and the terrifying ability to reach each other's dragons in moments of danger. And powerful people immediately decide the bond belongs to them. Forced into dangerous proximity while healers study the unstable mark, Nessa and Tavian uncover evidence that their supposed accident may have been deliberately engineered. Hidden records reveal earlier soulmarked riders. Government archives have been altered. Someone moved the dragons closer before the ceremony. And someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried. Nessa wants the bond severed. Tavian wants his freedom back. Their dragons have other plans. But hatred becomes reluctant trust. Trust becomes dangerous attraction. And as the connection between them deepens, Nessa and Tavian face a question more terrifying than whether the soulmark can be broken: If magic can make them feel each other, how can they know which feelings are truly their own? With two governments circling, a conspiracy closing in, and their dragons refusing to let them walk away cleanly, Nessa and Tavian must fight for the one thing everyone else keeps trying to take from them-the right to choose what their bond means. A dragon can choose a guardian. A soulmark can create a connection. But love still has to be chosen. SOULMARKED is a high-stakes dragon rider fantasy romance featuring enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, rival nations, dangerous magical bonds, political conspiracy, slow-burn attraction, powerful dragons, and a romance where choice matters more than destiny. Thornreach War College - Book Two