the Dragon Beneath Iron Crown: A YA Medieval Fantasy of Queens, War, and Price Peace: 1

Princess Seraphine Caelthorn was raised to honor the Iron Crown, obey the war council, and believe that loyalty meant silence.Then her brother is found dead at the border.Her grieving father blames the neighboring queen. Soldiers gather. Banners rise. The kingdom prepares for revenge. But beneath Crownmere Castle, Seraphine discovers Vaelith, an ancient dragon chained below the throne-an imprisoned witness whose fire reveals the truths that rulers try to bury.When the evidence points not to the enemy kingdom, but to someone inside her father's own court, Seraphine must cross battle lines, face a queen she was taught to fear, and decide what loyalty really means.To save two kingdoms, she may have to break the symbol her family was built upon.The Dragon Beneath the Iron Crown is a clean YA illustrated medieval fantasy novella about kings, queens, war, betrayal, courage, and the price of telling the truth before it is too late.