Dragon's Secret

She saw him before she ever met him.

He carries secrets that could change Tajss forever.

Nora has made a quiet life for herself with the Tribe.

She cooks. She helps. She tells stories to the dragonlings and pretends she does not ache every time another woman finds the mate Nora still secretly wants for herself. The Zmaj around her are already paired, already building families beneath the twin red suns, and Nora has started to believe her chance at love may have passed her by.

Then a child touches her hand, and Nora sees him.

A stranger. A warrior. A future she does not understand.

Archion is not supposed to be near the Tribe at all.

He is a warrior of the hidden Order, carrying a scroll that must return to his people and secrets he is forbidden to reveal. His rank, his mission, even the truth of where he comes from must stay buried, no matter how suspicious the Tribe becomes. Duty has shaped every breath of his life.

Then invaders attack a meteorite-glass collection team, and Archion finds Nora.

She is soft where Tajss is brutal. Shy where others are bold. Gentle with children, nervous in crowds, and braver than she believes. From the first moment, Archion knows one thing with absolute certainty.

Nora must be protected.

Nora knows Archion is dangerous, secretive, and far too disciplined to be simple. He watches everything. Reveals almost nothing. Fights like a male trained for wars no one else even understands.

But when a sandstorm separates them from the others and traps them alone in a tiny cave, fear becomes intimacy. Archion shields her with his wings. Teaches her how to defend herself. Hunts for them. Holds back desire with a patience that makes Nora feel precious instead of fragile.

For the first time in her life on Tajss, Nora stops feeling overlooked.

With Archion, she feels chosen.

But the secrets between them are not small. The symbol he hides, the scroll he guards, and the rank he refuses to reveal could fracture the fragile trust forming around him. The Tribe already suspects he is more than a lost warrior. The city wants answers. The Order remains a mystery powerful enough to threaten or save them all.

And invaders are still closing in.

As suspicion turns sharp and danger pushes Archion toward a meeting with Visidion, Nora has to decide whether to trust the male who has given her his protection but not the whole truth. Archion has to choose whether duty means leaving Nora behind, or building a bridge between the secret world he serves and the woman who has become his home.

Nora once believed love was for everyone else.

Archion is ready to prove she was always the treasure he was meant to find.

Dragon's Secret is a steamy alien dragon romance featuring a shy caretaker heroine, a secretive high-ranking Zmaj warrior, fated mates, forced proximity in a sandstorm cave, hidden Order secrets, protective wing-shielding, fighting lessons, alien invader danger, found family, future-family longing, and a guaranteed happily ever after.