The Ashen Flight: a High Heat Dragon Rider Romantasy with Flame Marked Heroine, Fallen Champion, Forbidden Bond, Cursed Palace, Only One Bed, Hidden Riders and Corrupt Queen

They escaped the crown. Now the queen has turned their freedom into a declaration of war.Maevryn Firevale and Lorcan Ashwing survived Drakethorne with the truth.They know dragons have been rethreaded into obedience. They know riders declared dead were deliberately erased. And they know the ancient skywake network once allowed dragons and riders to choose paths no crown could control.Freedom should have been the victory.Instead, it makes them fugitives.Beyond the Ashen Range, hidden signal fires are disappearing one by one. Secret rider refuges are being attacked. Crown hunters are moving without insignia, and Queen Zaretha is rewriting Maevryn's escape as the beginning of a rebellion she never declared.Then an attack leads them to Emberwake and a clue pointing towards Vael Atheris.A cursed palace everyone insists is dead.It isn't.Beneath its black mirrors lies an ancient dragon forced into the foundation of the crown's magic. Inside its corridors are stolen riders, dangerous memories and the truth behind the Ashen Flight, a forgotten network capable of carrying dragon bonds beyond the Cinder Braid.To reach it, Maevryn and Lorcan must survive hidden enemies, captured allies, impossible rituals and a queen who knows exactly how to turn their feelings for each other into leverage.Because pretending their connection is only strategic stopped being possible a long time ago.Lorcan no longer wants to protect Maevryn by controlling her choices.Maevryn no longer wants a champion standing in front of her.She wants the man beside her.And when desire finally becomes something neither of them is willing to deny, the crown finds a new weapon: their love.Now the fight is no longer simply about escaping Drakethorne.It is about restoring the stolen routes between dragons, freeing riders whose bonds were rewritten and surviving an Ashen Flight that could either break the crown's control forever or separate Maevryn and Lorcan before they can finish what they started.The Ashen Flight is an emotionally intense, high heat dragon rider romantasy featuring a flame marked heroine, fallen champion, continuing forbidden romance, only one bed, a cursed palace, hidden riders, ancient dragon magic, forced proximity, corrupt royalty, dangerous public performances and a love that refuses to become another form of ownership.Book Two of The Flame Marked Bride. Maevryn and Lorcan's continuing story concludes in Book Three, The Rider's Promise.