The Fate of Dragons

Born of molten rock and ancient magic, Damien is one of the last dragons, a shape-shifting being whose very existence is a secret from the human world that hunted his kind to near extinction. But his mixed blood, a human taint from generations past, forces him into a painful transformation, a desperate need to stretch his true form. When a moment of exhilaration in the sky turns into a catastrophic collision with a commercial airliner, Damien finds himself in an impossible bind: save the humans who fear him, or let them plummet to their doom. As he strains every fiber of his being to hold the plane aloft, a human woman locks eyes with him, a connection sparking that defies logic and threatens to expose his deepest secret. Can a creature of myth protect a world that despises him, especially when his own survival hangs by a thread? For centuries, four ancient families had devoted their lives to a single purpose: hunting dragons. Known as the Jagers, these families had passed down their traditions, knowledge, and hatred from one generation to the next. They were hunters, trained from childhood to recognize, track, and destroy the creatures that most of the world believed existed only in mythology. Their reasons were buried somewhere in the distant past, lost beneath generations of bloodshed and unquestioned loyalty. Few dared to ask why the dragons had to die. Fewer still considered that perhaps the stories they had been taught were not the whole truth. Cora was different. Born into one of the four Jager families, she possessed the same unusual instincts that had made her ancestors such formidable hunters. She could sense the presence of a dragon long before there was any physical evidence of one. Yet, despite her abilities, she had never managed to become the hunter her family expected. She had seen what the Jagers called justice. She remembered the screams, the blood, and the senseless cruelty inflicted upon a magnificent creature. She remembered the eggs crushed beneath their boots and the punishment she received for daring to mourn. That day had changed her forever. Now, Cora traveled alone, following instincts she barely understood and searching for answers she had never been encouraged to seek. She had been taught that dragons were monsters, but something deep inside her had begun to question whether the real monsters had been hiding in plain sight all along. She was about to discover that some secrets were worth killing for, some loyalties were worth betraying, and some enemies were never meant to be enemies at all. Her journey would begin with an ordinary flight to Los Angeles. It would end with the world she knew turned upside down.

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