The Reborn Dragon’s Deadly Shadowflame Bond

Ancient contractor heir Seraphina is burned alive by sister Dahlia and lover Marcus while vampire familiar Kael watches. Reborn on the day of the binding ceremony, she publicly rejects Kael and chooses a dismissed black hatchling that awakens as Vex, a two-headed shadowflame dragon. At the academy she anticipates her sister's schemes and, through tournaments and ruins, learns that the original contractor gift is resonance with beasts rather than enslavement. Marcus seeks her blood to control every familiar and drives Dahlia to extremes. Seraphina and a fully awakened Vex defeat him, refuse to let revenge define their future, and transform the balance of the four academies.