An Entirely Rational(ized) Decision. Book 3 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (A Knightess of the Realm Novel) - Mangala McNamara

Bonded to three young dragons - what else could one ask for? Maybe - life and true love?

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Karana had once dreamed of commanding her own ship.

Lately those dreams seemed a lost cause. The soul-bonded fiancee of both Kefen, future Duke of landlocked Taridawil, and Ivan, youngest son of the Lord of even-more-landlocked Mountainmeadow, surely couldn't also command a ship.

An opportunity to bond with a young dragon conjured up new dreams. Flying with a dragon combined the freedom of commanding a ship with the honor of becoming one of the first dragonkeepers in a thousand years. And with the joy of finding the dragon-sister of Karana's soul... much as the young woman had already found her Fated Mates in Kefen and Ivan.

The new dreams quickly ran aground on the rocky reality of Karana's extreme acrophobia and altitude sickness... Not that such things ever stopped her. Certainly not when Kefen and Ivan wanted to try their luck at the dragonlings' Choice.

But Kefen nearly died when one of the dragonlings attempted to bond with him and Ivan's dragonling has pulled his soul away from both herself and Karana. Saving Kefen - and their soul-bond - means Karana must risk her life and her sanity...

Explore this spicy, epic romantasy of love and loss, redemption and revelation in the grand finale of The Secrets of Dragon Mountain!

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"I still love you," she murmured.

"I loved you before the soul-bond, you know."

Ivan looked away. "I... It's like Velerian is in between how I feel about everyone and everything else." He looked down at his dragonling, who was stretched to full height with one front paw - or taloned hand - placed delicately on Ivan's belt.

"It's not your fault..." the tall knight said gently as Velerian looked at him with a certain anxiety, alternating that with giving Karana a rather suspicious look.

Karana looked between her fiancé and his dragonling speculatively.

"That's... interesting.

Senili's there, in my head,

but my connection to our soul-bond isn't blocked.

It's just that I'm not picking anything up from your end."