Serafina's Fire

Magic decides your worth. Fire decides your fate. And fate never asks for permission. Serafina of the Dust-Class has only one purpose left in her life: keep her younger brother alive. In a world where medicine is reserved for the powerful and magic determines who matters, desperation drives her to the Veiled Sanctum—a forbidden shrine whispered to grant miracles at a price no sane person would pay. She is willing to pay it. What she awakens is not a miracle. Azerath—the legendary World-End Dragon—rises from centuries of slumber, ancient and terrifying, bound by an oath older than the Empire itself. An oath that names Serafina as his promised mate. Not a choice she made. Not a destiny she wanted. A bond forged in fire and blood, waiting to be claimed. To Azerath, the bond is sacred—a promise he has waited lifetimes to honor. To Serafina, it is a chain. As Imperials hunt her for the power she carries and Collectors close in on her dying brother, Serafina must learn to survive a world that now sees her as leverage. Azerath offers loyalty, protection, and a devotion that borders on reverence—but love is the last thing Serafina is ready to surrender. She wanted a miracle. She got a dragon. And a bond that could either save the world… or end it. Because the truth is far more dangerous than the legends claim: Azerath did not wake to destroy the world. He woke for her. “I would end the world for you,” he said. “Then don’t,” Serafina replied. “Live with me instead.”