1. Spitfire: Rekindled | Intro / Front Matter

This post and the following contain a free preview of roughly the first 10% of Spitfire: Rekindled. Formatting and content may differ slightly from the official release.

Spitfire: Rekindled is the first of four books in a queer, polyamorous romantasy (romance fantasy) series.

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Description:

How do you know if someone truly loves you when they have been Bound by blood to serve you? How do you love someone when time and again they have barred you from making your own decisions? And how do you make two stubborn assholes get over themselves for long enough to admit that they love each other - and, just as importantly, you?

Spitfire is a story about a somber prince, his stroppy, shape-shifting dragon, and their future queen (who may have read one too many romance novels about those foreign royals who Bind themselves to dragons). It is unabashedly queer and is filled to the brim with chaotic bi energy and distressingly hot and dangerous women. Initially, it presents as high fantasy erotica about a love triangle composed of three adults (mid-to-late twenties) who are staggeringly bad at communicating their feelings, but Spitfire is a polyamorous tale about coming to terms with old, unresolved feelings by embracing new love.

Spitfire Rekindled is a revised edition of the work originally published in 2021. It has been restructured to be the first of four books (rather than the first of two) and includes over 70,000 words of new material.

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Dedication:

this book is for all the horny little goblins out there who, like me, have brains full of wyrms

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Content Warning:

Spitfire is a work that contains explicit sex, violence and language. The following content warnings are given to help you decide if this book is for you.

• Character death

• Violence

• Blood

• Explicit sexual content

• Unintended infidelity
• Romantic miscommunication
• Polyamory
• Minor self harm
• Visceral and unflattering depictions of depression and self loathing

• Explorations into questions of consent versus autonomy

• Overly strict/semi-negligent parenting
• Monster fucking
• Breath play
• Sexually dominant women

• An ending without full romantic resolution (to be achieved in the subsequent books)

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Map:

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Dramatis Personae:

People of Nadara

Members of the Royal Family

Caederyn Elio Sa’Nova………..Heir to the Nadaran Throne, The Noble Sun, Prince of Nadara, A Somber Figure. He/him
Rynnwald Solem Sa’Nova……King of Nadara, The Righteous Sun, King of the Blaze, Caederyn’s Father, A Living Memorial. He/him
Lienna Yan Almasi Sa’Nova….Queen of Nadara, Caederyn’s Mother, A Woman Slowly Wilting (previously of Szerenfold). She/her
Emira Murrine………………….Duchess of Helion, Caederyn’s Cousin, A Woman in Mourning. She/her
Solene……………………………First of the Bond, First of the Blood, A Legend and a Legacy (deceased). She/her

Bonded Dragons

Feon…Hand of the Sun, Dragon to the Prince, A Spitfire. He/they/she
Yuen…Voice of the Sun, Dragon to the King, A Martyr (deceased). He/they
Ha’el…Eye of the Sun, Dragon to the Queen (deceased), An Inferno. She/they
Ko’el…First Bonded, Blood of the Bond, A Hero. He/they

Nadaran Peerage

Jasper Soto……………………..Caederyn’s Varlet, A Kind Man. He/him
Mikul Johar…………………….Caederyn’s Varlet, A Fool. He/him
Ilaria Valance…………………..Lady of the Court, Eugenia’s Step-Sister, A Goth. She/her
Eugenia Valance……………….Lady of the Court, Ilaria’s Step-Sister, A Temptation (previously of Voswain). She/her
Pavani Desai……………………Lady of the Court, An Unmemorable Woman. She/her
Cicely Del Vega née Myrrh…..Lady of the Court, Wife of Eduardo, A Gossip. She/her
Alyssum Krause……………….Lady of the Court, A Fox. She/her
Eduardo Del Vega……………..Lord of the Court, Husband of Cicely, A Quiet Man. He/him
Renée De Lisle……………………..A Country Noble, An Ambitious Woman. She/her
Giulia De Lisle……………………..A Country Baroness, A Greedy Woman. She/her

Members of the Guard

Elske Gaebel………..Captain of the Prince’s Guard, A Hard Woman. She/her
Lonan Finch…………Knight of the Prince’s Guard, A Sweet Boy. He/him
Sieglinde Torre……..Knight of the Prince’s Guard, An Earnest Mountain. She/her
Brennard Gaebel……Royal Guard, A Pompous Blowhard. He/him
Hazley Reddinger…..Royal Guard, A True Professional. They/them
Connor Gladhill…….Royal Guard (somehow), A Wild Woman. She/her

People of Voswain

Members of the Royal Family

Allene Yvonne Fidele Narissara Briallen……Third in Line to the Throne, Betrothed to the Prince of Nadara, A Magnetic Woman. She/her
Cassidy Vardan Kenelm Thorley Briallen….Heir to the Voswainian Throne, Allene’s Brother, A Judicious Rogue. He/him
Dannica Ethel Aster Sitara Briallen………….Sixth in Line to the Throne, Allene’s Sister, A Beloved Child. She/her
Fateen Allis Ysotta Briallen……………………Queen of Voswain, Allene’s Birth mother, A Diligent Ruler. She/her
Esther Alessandra Briallen…………………….Queen Consort of Voswain, A Coveted Beauty. She/her
Ruzena……………………………………………The Briar Queen, Author of the Laws, The First True Arcanist, A Genius (deceased). She/her

Members of the Arcane Council

Rook Ebner…Adept of the Thorn, Executor and Practitioner of the Briar Laws, An Arcanist of Inscrutable Intent. She/they

Voswainian Peerage

Fidelity Marie Caldwell…...Allene’s Lady in Waiting, A Sweet Thing. She/her
Clemence Anh Kieu………..Allene’s Lady in Waiting, A Sour Thing. She/her
Nthanda Ortzi Arissi-Oh….Lord of the Court, Consort to the Queen, Allene’s Father, A Warm Man. He/him

 People of Laruze

Larish Peerage

Lysithea Ballard…..Lady of the Court, Allene’s Childhood Friend, Caederyn’s Childhood Enemy, A Bombastic Flirt. She/her
Halwynn Ballard….Larish Ambassador, The Undying, Lysithea’s Parent, A Relic of an Old Faith. They/them
Isidore Durand….Devout Knight, Halwynn’s Follower. He/him

People of Ogren

Mortals

Ereshki…………The Earthspeaker, A Wise Woman. She/her
Anthea…………The Young Earthspeaker, A Strange Child. She/her
Kerr Gooden….Scholar, An Enigmatic Jackal. He/they

Others

The Nymph in the Lake…..A Moonlight Woman, An Unknowable Entity. She/her
The Riverlord………………A Beacon of Spring. They/it

People of Szerenfold

Szerenese Peerage

Shraey Altan Almasi……Lord of the Court, Caederyn’s Cousin, A Bottomless Chatterbox. He/him