Gilded Claws - Love Burns Brighter Than Gold

In the ruthless world of rare-metal empires, Kael Dravik reigns like fire given form gold in his hand, hunger in his eyes. A dragon-shifter who built his empire through sheer will, he's learned that power bends to no one. Until Aurelia Voss. Once the heir to a fallen phoenix line, Aurelia has clawed her way back from ruin to reclaim what's hers. Her strength glows beneath the surface, steady and dangerous, shaped by betrayal and loss. Her first mission: dismantle the man who crushed her father's empire. Yet every calculated strike pulls her deeper into his orbit. And every look, every near-touch, feels like standing too close to a flame. Their rivalry blazes across continents. Their nights dark, quiet, electric blur the line between victory and surrender. But in a world ruled by fire and greed, one secret could burn it all down. When dragons and phoenixes collide, what's left standing ashes, or something born from them?