Warning: This is an M/M romance and is not suitable for young readers. It includes but is not limited to, Crude Language, Consensual Sex, Mentions of Suicide, Violence and Death, Kidnapping, Themes of FDrantasy-Based Unwilling Servitude, and Whipping
Dragon Riders in the Rwynn kingdom are prisoners, bound captives to blood-thirsty monsters, until either the dragon or— more likely— the rider dies. Cheng, a prisoner of the Draong Akaimo, for twenty years, escapes his mortally wounded dragon in the middle of a war with Kosu. A war he couldn't care less about. Taking refuge in an abandoned cave, waiting for the fighting to finish he finds a wounded man doing the same.
Crown Prince Xuan of Kosu hopes his family and country think him dead, mourn him, and let him finally escape his gilded cage. He should feel guilty that he’s abandoning everything. But his heart is thumping with excitement, despite the gash in his side. If he can convince the adorably shy and awkward dragon rider to escape with him to the coast, their chances of survival are higher together.
On the run from three kingdoms, an angry dragon, bounty hunters after their reward, and their own secrets chasing them; can these enemies turned allies survive long enough to find the freedom they are bargaining their lives for?
Tags: angst, drama, slow-burn romance, running away from responsibilities, enemies to allies to friends to lovers, accidental child acquisition, kidnapping, (evil) dragons, hand-waved magic, princes, slavery, descriptions of injuries, gore and fighting, violence, this my dumbass (affectionate), betrayal, handjobs, dry humping, sex, chase plot, author needs a cry and a coffee break, dual POV’s, is a cinnamonroll but could kill you, lies, telepathic bonds, tattoos, touch him and you die (both), prince x knight, how has this idiot survived this long?, this is my therapy
Tags: unreliable narrator, death, revenge, time travel, evil gods, drama, intrigue, villain protagonist, most of these characters need therapy, either I win or I burn the world, choosing violence as the answer, magic, blood and injury, disfigurement, non-consensual drugging, knives and guns, a lot can happen in a month, nobility and royalty, unhealthy family relationships, being jealous of the enemy, sexual tension, murder plots as flirting, fighting, more fighting, please just hug each other, in-universe slurs and cursing, the enemy of my enemy could be my friend if I didn’t also hate them too, everyone has their own agenda, being WORSE on purpose, cry for the devil, morally a lighter shade of black, the plot is people yelling ‘no claudia don’t’ and she laughs and does it
Claudia Von Shezel was framed—and then executed—for the one crime she didn’t commit. Seconds away from death, she makes a desperate taboo bargain with the Dark God Xas: Freedom in exchange for freedom.
She wakes up four years in the past and causes an instant butterfly effect that changes the timeline she knew in her first lifetime. Xas warns Claudia that the other eight gods know of her bargain and will hunt her down to get to Xas. The Dark God claims the only way to be safe is to hurry and free it. Selfishly intent on her own goals, Claudia ignores Xas and all its warnings. Her plan is simple: kill those who wronged her and then take her rightful seat as the Von Shezel Duchess. Her hubris is tested when a god attacks and injures her. The wolves are closing in but Claudia isn’t a helpless wounded bunny, she’s a fellow predator. And she will bite back.
To complicate everything, Claudia is beginning to suspect she’s not the only person who time-traveled. It seems everyone wants her dead: the eight gods, her own family, her past husband, and her previous rival, whose knowledge of her first lifetime is more than a little suspicious.
Claudia would appreciate it if people would stop getting in her way, trying to kill her, and just let her become the Duchess. She only has this one redo. Is it too much to ask for life to give her a break?
Warning: This is a queer revenge story and is not suitable for young readers. It includes but is not limited to, DEATH, violence, vomiting, threats of violence, starvation as a punishment, eating issues due to poisoning, crude language, toxic family relationships, burns from fire, In-world slurs, blood, and bullying.