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“I Lord Tank Albridge, and my family, Pete Albridge, Cleo Albridge, and Fred Albridge, disavow Vinnandra the hateful as our blood. 

“Today, in one voice we curse the day she joined us, and we’ll forever celebrate the day she has left our ranks! Vinnandra shall not know us, and she is not ours to know anymore.”

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In a world of white-haired dragon riders and black-haired witches, Princess Vinnandra Albridge is born red-haired as the forbidden spawn of a witch-spy and a dragon rider known as the Hateful. Unwanted by her family and shunned by society, Vinn tries to get by everyday unnoticed and alive.

However, her simple plans come crashing down when her family disavows her by removing her from her royal bloodline, proclaiming her a traitor to consequently serve as an official slave to the notorious Lenklock dragon riders family that rules in the North. There, it would seem that while Vinn might not be able to groom a dragon, she might make good food for one… not if she had anything to do about it.

Vowing to fight for her life and rise above others, Vinn must learn how to break through her blood and reach to whatever minute strength she possesses and become a dragon rider… or something.

And it would seem Vinnandra’s vows would be realised in the form of Xander Lenklock—a troubled man and problematic heir who charges into her life, proclaiming a nobody like her his greatest ally and seeking her alliance. For the first time in a long while, Vinn feels needed and wanted—two dangerous elements that ignites feelings she shouldn’t have, and evokes thoughts she shouldn’t think. 

And in a partnership that might make or break them, Vinn was sure she would do anything to have Xanders’ body, heart and soul. Problem is, Xander has a fiancée who was there to stay… forever.

But with her mothers past looming over her, and with shadows of the enemy hidden in the trees playing their ultimate move, even if Vinnandra manages to steal Xander’s heart, will she be able to keep it? Or will her dubious identity destroy everything she has come to enjoy? 

Will the powers she has come to possess swallow her? Or could she be the enemy that her people really fear?

Be whatever it might, the ultimate question remains—Dragon rider or Witch… which is she?


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VOLUME 1 (Beginnings): COMPLETE

VOLUME 2 (Chaos Abounds): ONGOING

VOLUME 3: (Wrath of the Burned): UPCOMING

The Red Queen of Nothing

Xander's eyes snapped open and he rested those silver orbs on her. "About what?" He asked. "Let me guess, something about Master Zorvix's proposal."

"Xander…." Vinn began to explain herself… or at the very least explain what she had been speaking to Zorvix about but he cut her off.

"I thought it was Heir Lenklock to you all along, why are you suddenly changing your tone?"

Vinn sighed, yet again at a loss on how to handle Xander when it seemed he was intentionally trying to pick a fight with her. Although it could be reasoned that she was at fault as well.

"Do you want me to address you formally when we are alone? If that is what you want then I will address you just like that."

Yet again, something dark slithered through his orbs that had lost its shine over the years. The silver of his eyes were now a bland gray, and it took being in close proximity with him on Zalreth's back for her to see that much clearly.

Salt In His Wound