These are two of the main characters.

Azuko the dragon shifter and Runera the witch.

Enjoy the art along with a snippet from the first page—

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I was five years old when all the doors of opportunity shut in my face. Up until then, I’d held on to the hope that my fate would be different from the rest of the Dragon-owned— despite being just as much of a witch as they were. I’d convinced myself that I was different. I was meant for something more. That was before I witnessed a Claiming day. We were gathered at the highest point of the mountain, where the ground met the sky in a dizzying delusion of freedom. The worst part of Claiming days—as I would soon come to realize—was how perfect they were. The weather was neither too hot nor too cold; the usual humidity had taken the day off. Gentle breezes were eager to caress you; there was nary a cloud in the bright blue sky. It was one of the few occasions we were all granted permission to speak, and we all sang. A skin-tingling requiem filled the air as we prepared to send off our fellow witch. And then the dragon came.

**This is a snippet from an early draft of an incomplete manuscript. It may change drastically before publishing