The Call of the Cursed Blood [Call of the Dragon Singer book2]

War is rising, and the kingdom is already bleeding. After a devastating battle, the enemy captures one of their most powerful dragon warriors and claims to the world that they have taken the Dragon King. But the title belongs to Darius, and the lie spreads quickly across kingdoms and battlefields, sowing confusion, fear, and shifting loyalties. As Darius and Imogen struggle to hold the kingdom together and prepare for the war they know is coming, dragon camps begin to fall and dragon kin start to disappear during raids and skirmishes, leaving behind empty battlefields with no bodies to bury. Whispers begin to spread that the missing are not dead, but taken. Taken for a purpose. While the kingdom searches for answers, Malachite searches for only one Axel, the dragon wrongly claimed to be king. Though the world believes him either dead or imprisoned, the bond between them still burns, distant and unstable, as if he is still alive somewhere far beyond her reach. Then the rumors begin. Stories of a powerful prisoner kept deep within its walls, guarded like a weapon rather than a captive. As the war grows closer and more dragon kin vanish, unexpected allies step from the shadows  and a warrior with ties to Malachite’s past bringing with them knowledge that could change the course of the coming war. With enemies moving in secret and kingdoms preparing for battle, Malachite must decide where she stands with her king, with her people, or with the bond that refuses to break. Because this war is not just for a throne. It is for the future of dragonkind. For the truth behind the enemy’s growing power. And for the dragon the world believes is a king.