The Crown That Burns: An Adult Dragon Romantasy with a Forbidden Magical Bond, Powerful Healer, Banished King, Dangerous Magic and Royal Betrayal

A wounded dragon. A forbidden bond. A banished king. And a crown built on a lie.Dragon healer Orrika Stormscale has spent her life treating creatures the kingdom considers weapons. She knows the difference between obedience and trust, and she refuses to mistake a chain for loyalty.Then a war dragon reaches her infirmary without its rider.Buried inside its wounds is a fragment of forbidden magic, black fire connected to an ancient pact the crown was never supposed to awaken. When the fire enters Orrika's blood, the mountain answers, and suddenly the healer who tried to save one dragon is accused of possessing enough power to burn the capital.The tribunal wants a confession.Instead, it brings back Nerok Flamecrest, the banished dragon king whose name Embermere tried to erase.Nerok recognises the magic inside Orrika. Worse, he understands what the crown intends to do with it. Protecting her could turn his exile into treason, awaken the dragon sleeping beneath the mountain and expose the truth behind the kingdom's most sacred bonds.But the closer Orrika and Nerok come to the truth, the harder it becomes to separate dangerous magic from dangerous desire.Because the bond growing between them was never commanded.It was chosen.And in a kingdom built on obedience, choice may be the most dangerous magic of all.