I am half of a whole. 

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A dragon without a ryder. 

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My kind are on the brink of extinction, I should be out there fighting, leading the flyers of the First Kingdom. But without my ryder I’m grounded.

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She was the key to my magic and my future. But as soon as I found her she was stolen away, hidden somehow from even our bond’s pull.

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I’d searched the Twelve Kingdoms for over a decade and lost all hope. Until my brother discovered her—living in a cult in the middle of nowhere, growing the very poison that’s killing my kind.

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Raised with no knowledge of magic or creatures like me, she thinks I’m a monster from her nightmares come to life.

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Admittedly, kidnapping her probably wasn’t my best move, but I had to get her out of there. 

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Now I need to convince her the life she knew was a lie, but time is slipping away. If she doesn’t accept who she is and learn to harness her power, it will consume her—leaving me ryderless again.

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She wants to go back to that lie of a life I rescued her from. Too bad we didn’t leave anything to go back to. But the more she refuses the truth, the closer I get to losing her again. So I make her an offer she can’t refuse. 

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Only, I don’t know how I’ll keep my end of the bargain, because I can’t let her go now I’ve found her. She is more than just my ryder.

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But that’s a secret for another day. We have training to do.

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Lesson one: Ryde or die.

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Welcome to the First Kingdom.