It Takes a Monster

Lyra is forced into a binding ritual at Dragonblood Academy, where summoning a dragon requires two human souls merged as one. When her mind entwines with her mysterious soul-partner, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to his voice long before she ever sees his face. That changes the moment she meets Kael in person: a formidable warrior, and the son of the man who murdered her father.

Torn between the pull of their bond and the wound of her family's history, Lyra must navigate academy rivalries, dragon-riding trials, and a growing enemies-to-lovers entanglement that threatens to unravel everything she thought she knew about loyalty and revenge.

The first book in the Dragonblood Academy series, this is a fast-paced New Adult romantasy built around academy politics, dragon-bond magic, and a slow unraveling of old grudges.