He was supposed to execute her.

Instead, he put a ring on her finger.

Nyx Winters is a thief with quick knives, terrible impulse control, and exactly one regret: stealing a royal dragon egg from the most dangerous palace in the kingdom.

Now she is trapped in a fake engagement with Aon Draven, the arrogant dragon rider captain who caught her red-handed.

There is only one problem.

The dragon refuses to bond unless it believes they are in love.

So now they have to share rooms.
Share rides.
Attend royal balls together.
Pretend to be desperately obsessed with each other in front of an entire kingdom.

And somehow avoid killing each other first.

Which becomes difficult when the dragon growls every time they argue, the bond overheats whenever they touch, and Aon keeps looking at her mouth like he has already forgotten this relationship is supposed to be fake.

Especially after the one-bed scene...The bathing injury incident...
And the night dragon heat magic leaves them tangled together and dangerously close to forgetting what is fake.

“You are unbearable.”

“Then stop staring at my mouth.” That practically sums up their relationship