The Guarding Their Dragon Mate serial by Layla Heart is a six-part paranormal reverse harem #WhyChoose story. These novellas may include any of these elements: steamy scenes, ‘I need tissues NOW’ moments, cries of ‘why, oh, why’ and cliffhangers that make you bite your nails (and curse the author). This story includes MF and MM scenes.
This story takes place in the same world as Lughnasadh Elite Academy and happens after the events of the first season and before the second season. Both series can be read stand-alone, they are about different characters, but they are connected.
Novellas
Cursed Dragon
Guarding Their Dragon Mate 1
Sophia thought she’d be fighting the fae army, not her attraction to four handsome rebels…
Orphaned at twelve, half-blood Sophia, part witch, part water dragon, spent most of her life as a member of the secretive dragon rebel army, trying to protect kids like her. But now the war against the fae is won, the new kings have chosen her to rebuild the war-torn dragon lands.
First problem? She has no experience leading anyone.
Second problem? The area is dangerous, filled with renegade fae soldiers, still loyal to the old fae king.
Third problem? Or should that be her first problem? The team assigned to help her might be more of a distraction than an asset.
One spoiled fire dragon who won’t take orders from anyone. One broody air element witch carrying a lot of pain from his past. One soft-spoken werewolf with hidden strength. And one mysterious fae… Four very hot sources of trouble.
Can she save her people, rebuild what was lost, and protect her heart all at the same time?
Hunted Dragon
Guarding Their Dragon Mate 2
Couldn’t her first week of new responsibilities have ended at least a little less… bloody?
Sophia and her men have barely left the safety of the Academy grounds when they’re faced with the first big obstacle, a group of renegade fae soldiers set on killing them before they reach their destination.
But the fae soldiers obviously underestimated the group of highly trained fighters, from fire dragons to werewolves and even an assassin, and the five manage to survive the attack with minimal losses. Minimal losses, but a very real sense of the danger ahead of them.
Can they reach the dragon town without more attacks or trouble, and what will they find once they’re there?
Maybe more importantly, what happens between Sophia and her men now they’ve put their lives in each other’s hands?
Fated Dragon
Guarding Their Dragon Mate 3
Dragon hoards are supposed to be a beacon of unity, but Sophia isn’t so sure of that as her hoard seems out to kill each other…
When Sophia and her men arrive at the dragon town, the night is only young, as fate seems keen to point out.
First, she kisses one of her guys, and almost gets him killed by one of the others. Won’t be the last time they attempt that…
Second, she hopes to get them all on the same page as she reveals that all four men are part of her hoard, her fated mates. That went over well…
Third, she finds a little dragon in the streets, hungry, tired, alone. An orphan. Just like her.
Returning home brings back many memories for Sophia, good and bad ones. But it also means she has to confront other things from her past, like the people she left behind, old friendships, old pain.
Can she keep her head cool as the leader of their rebuilding mission, while caring for a young orphaned dragon and regaining the trust of old friends?
Captured Dragon
Guarding Their Dragon Mate 4
Just when Sophia thinks she’s got a handle on things going on in the dragon town, her whole world is rocked, quite literally.
While Sophia, Gale and Topaz ‘get to know’ each other more intimately, things are the school they’re camping out at have taken a turn for the worse. A group of dragon rebels were supposed to arrive today, but they never did, making everyone worry that they might have been caught by the deserter fae soldiers roaming the area.
As Sophia makes it back to the school, she finds out that the parents of Gaia, the little earth dragon orphan, went missing last full moon and it’s another full moon tonight… Then more bad news reaches her, another two sets of parents have gone missing…
Sophia and her men try everything in their power to find out why earth dragons are going missing, what’s happening to them. Why can Gaia still sense her parents when they’re not there? And what does a magically locked room at the local library have anything to do with it?
Reclaimed Dragon
Guarding Their Dragon Mate 5
Sophia’s family turns out to be even more… complicated, than she originally knew.
When Sophia and her men finally make it into the magically locked room in the library, the room that has been closed off for decades, they not only find out how long her father’s side of the family has been in the area, but that they’ve secretly been doing research for the fae the whole time.
The five’s nosing around in the room has alerted people and Sophia’s half-sister shows up to check out what’s going on. Her half-sister, who she had no idea existed and who has a fae mother…
Things should have become easier now that they’ve found the research in the library and can use that to their advantage, but more than answers, it all throws up questions for Sophia.
Questions about her father, about who she really is, who the rest of her family are and what they’ve done to the people from the town where she grew up. But most of all, questions about what it means to be a half-dragon, now that the connection she felt with her witch side of the family has gotten so tainted.
Ferocious Dragon
Guarding Their Dragon Mate 6
One last chance to end the suffering, Sophia and her mates risk it all!
After learning of the existence of her half-sister, Sophia had to rethink her whole life, who she is and wants to be. Leading to her finally taking the antidote against the anti-shifting elixir and connecting with the dragon inside her.
Now Sophia and her hoard are ready for the final step, find the research centre hidden in the mountains, free the missing earth dragons and take out anyone who stands in their way. The plan is as effective as it’s simple.
But when they arrive at the research centre, things don’t exactly go as planned. The handful of guards outside the place are easy enough to take down, but when they’re about to enter the building, they realise they’ve walked right into a trap. A trap meant to catch them and take them out so that the renegade fae can take over the area.
Can they survive, or will this be the end of their journey?
Collections
Fated Guards
Guarding Their Dragon Mate Collection 1
Sophia thought she’d be fighting the fae army, not her attraction to four handsome rebels.
Orphaned at twelve, half-blood Sophia, part witch, part dragon, has grown from a member of the secretive dragon rebel army to the one in charge of rebuilding her home town after the war with the fae.
Now she not only has to deal with new responsibilities but also with a team of four very handsome men who are supposed to help her, not distract her…
One spoiled fire dragon who won’t take orders from anyone. One broody air element witch carrying a lot of pain from his past. One soft-spoken werewolf with hidden strength. And one mysterious fae… Four very hot sources of trouble.
The five have barely left for their mission when they run into the first obstacle as they’re attacked by a group of renegade fae soldiers.
Can they survive the attack? But more importantly, can they survive the mission with their lives and hearts intact?
These are the first three novellas in the Guarding Their Dragon Mate serial, Cursed Dragon, Hunted Dragon and Fated Dragon.
Fated Hearth
Guarding Their Dragon Mate Collection 2
Just when Sophia thinks she’s got a handle on things going on in the dragon town, her whole world is rocked, quite literally.
The town Sophia grew up in is in a very bad state. Earth dragons are going missing, leaving young kids orphaned, and nobody knows what’s going on or where they’re taken. To make it even worse, a group of rebels who were supposed to bring supplies to the town haven’t shown up, making everyone worried that they’ve been caught by the renegade fae soldiers.
Sophia and her men turn to an unusual source in their desperation to find answers, a magically sealed room at the hidden dragon library. A place nobody has been able to get into in decades.
When Sophia manages to finally unlock the room with a spell passed down from her witch father, everything she thought she knew changes. It seems her father was involved in things that nobody had any idea about, showing a side to him that Sophia doesn’t know how to combine with what her mother told her about him. To top it off, she’s confronted with a half-sister she had no idea existed, a half-sister with fae and witch blood.
Can Sophia and her men find out what happened to the missing earth dragons? And how much is Sophia’s father involved with what’s going on in the town right now?
But most importantly, can they heal the town and the people in it, so that they can thrive again, like they used to?
These are the second three novellas in the Guarding Their Dragon Mate serial, Captured Dragon, Reclaimed Dragon and Ferocious Dragon.
Guarding Their Dragon Mate: Full Collection
Sophia thought she’d be fighting the fae army, not her attraction to four handsome rebels.
Orphaned at twelve, half-blood Sophia, part witch, part dragon, has grown from a member of the secretive dragon rebel army to the one in charge of rebuilding her home town after the war with the fae.
Now she not only has to deal with new responsibilities but also with a team of four very handsome men who are supposed to help her, not distract her…
One spoiled fire dragon who won’t take orders from anyone. One broody air element witch carrying a lot of pain from his past. One soft-spoken werewolf with hidden strength. And one mysterious fae… Four very hot sources of trouble.
The five have barely left for their mission when they run into the first obstacle as they’re attacked by a group of renegade fae soldiers.
Can they survive the attack? But more importantly, can they survive the mission with their lives and hearts intact?
This collection includes all the novellas in the Guarding Their Dragon Mate serial (Cursed Dragon, Hunted Dragon, Fated Dragon, Captured Dragon, Reclaimed Dragon and Ferocious Dragon).