Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

by Rebecca Yarros

You are not attracted to toxic men, I remind myself, and yet, here I am, getting all attracted.

Fire races along my skin at the feel of his fingers lacing with mine. Toxic. Dangerous. Wants to kill you. Nope, doesn’t matter. My pulse still skitters like a teenager.

There is no stronger bond than that between two mated dragons. It goes beyond the depth of human love or adoration to a primal, undeniable requirement for proximity. One cannot survive without the other. —Colonel Kaori’s Field Guide to Dragonkind

The loss feels like a bottomless abyss,