The final trial is simple—kill my fated mate, or lose my magic forever.

He came to steal a bride. But the moment our eyes met, the fate mark burned—and I knew I was his.

I was trained to hate the Sky People. To fight them. Kill them, if I had to.

But when the dragon prince lands in the middle of our village, everything changes.

His gaze locks on mine—and the mark blazes to life across my skin.

Fated. Claimed. Cursed.

He drags me into the clouds, to his kingdom in the sky. A floating island ruled by ancient magic and blood-soaked trials.

I choose the tournament over chains.

I fight to prove I'm more than some stolen girl.

But he's always there—watching me from the shadows, pressing too close, touching like he already owns me.

He burns too hot to resist. And gods help me, I don't want to.

But fate doesn't choose without a price.

Because in the final trial, I must kill the one I'm bound to—or lose my magic forever.

And either way... I lose him.