Runaway Bride of the Drakemount Dragons
(2026)(The second book in the Drakemount Academy series)
A novel by Nyx Rae
She ran from one mating she never chose. Three dragons, a rigged tournament, and an old Council clause are about to make her fight to keep the one she does.
Ralia Goldpeak crashed through the gates of Drakemount Academy at night, barefoot, still in the wedding dress she'd run out of. Sanctuary under the academy charter was the only thing standing between her and the man she'd been promised to. She came to vanish into the Second Spire and never be bargained over again. Her grandmother's fire still lives in her hands — she just never planned to use it.
Then a Council writ arrives. Her former betrothed sits on the Dragon Council, and he hasn't come for her heart — he's come for the Goldpeak mining rights her mating contract is chained to. He's invoked the old Right of Reclamation, and the only way she walks free is to win the Long Frost Tourney before it ends. The problem isn't only the trials. It's the three alphas the academy keeps throwing her into: Jareth, who feeds her before he speaks; Tavis, who refuses to stand by while anyone is dragged off against their will; and Rivik, the masked Frostkin who hides his face the way she hides her shame.
The Council says a bond like theirs is treason. The wards beneath the mountain are flickering for the first time in decades. And her dragon wants all three of the men she swore she'd never let anyone choose for her. She can keep running. She can let them keep her. She can't do both.
A slow-burn-then-spicy why-choose dragon-shifter academy romance with fated mates, a marriage of convenience she's fleeing, enemies to lovers, a tournament arc, and one morally grey dragon who won't show his face. Book two of the Drakemount Dragons saga. Standalone romance, ongoing series mystery. HEA guaranteed. 18+.
Perfect for fans of Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti's Zodiac Academy and the dragon-rider romance of Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Ralia Goldpeak crashed through the gates of Drakemount Academy at night, barefoot, still in the wedding dress she'd run out of. Sanctuary under the academy charter was the only thing standing between her and the man she'd been promised to. She came to vanish into the Second Spire and never be bargained over again. Her grandmother's fire still lives in her hands — she just never planned to use it.
Then a Council writ arrives. Her former betrothed sits on the Dragon Council, and he hasn't come for her heart — he's come for the Goldpeak mining rights her mating contract is chained to. He's invoked the old Right of Reclamation, and the only way she walks free is to win the Long Frost Tourney before it ends. The problem isn't only the trials. It's the three alphas the academy keeps throwing her into: Jareth, who feeds her before he speaks; Tavis, who refuses to stand by while anyone is dragged off against their will; and Rivik, the masked Frostkin who hides his face the way she hides her shame.
The Council says a bond like theirs is treason. The wards beneath the mountain are flickering for the first time in decades. And her dragon wants all three of the men she swore she'd never let anyone choose for her. She can keep running. She can let them keep her. She can't do both.
A slow-burn-then-spicy why-choose dragon-shifter academy romance with fated mates, a marriage of convenience she's fleeing, enemies to lovers, a tournament arc, and one morally grey dragon who won't show his face. Book two of the Drakemount Dragons saga. Standalone romance, ongoing series mystery. HEA guaranteed. 18+.
Perfect for fans of Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti's Zodiac Academy and the dragon-rider romance of Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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