Ailey’s Dragon by Lisa Daniels

She sought death. He sought life. Fate is not without a sense of irony.

With more than a decade of experience as a medic, Ailey thought she had seen it all. When her mentor goes missing while trying to treat the plague victims in Melzi, Ailey knows that there is something stranger than an untreatable plague happening. Just two days away from the city, a chance encounter with a thief gains Ailey the attention of an enigmatic stranger. When her attempts to drive him away backfire, his unique outlook draw her in, causing Ailey to question everything she thought she knew about the world.

Ash has never been one to take life too seriously. With a temperament that is both childish and unfathomable, he is easy going and cheerful to a fault. But beneath his happiness lurks the emotions that have always been the downfall of his kind. As his interest in Ailey draws him into the concerns of humans, he must decide the value of his own life.

Ailey has always believed that she was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. When the ultimate sacrifice is the life of someone who has come to mean so much to her, will she be able to watch him make that sacrifice?