The Winged Game: A Novel

Taissa Cho once reigned as the most promising star of Carriwitchet, a brutal, high-stakes sport played atop winged beasts. Her ascent collapsed in a single, devastating moment orchestrated by her ruthless rival, Kion Locke. Expelled from the league and left in disgrace, Taissa spends two years nursing her resentment, waiting for a chance to watch Kion’s career mirror her own downfall.

That opportunity arrives in the form of a shocking offer: a return to the pitch, provided she teams up with the very man who destroyed her. The catch is a mandatory, high-profile fake relationship designed to salvage the team’s plummeting reputation. For two athletes bound by a shared love of the game and a mutual, scorching hatred, the arrangement is a tactical nightmare.

However, the friction between them shifts when a mysterious, lethal illness begins to strike the league’s winged beasts. Forced into an uneasy alliance to uncover the source of the plague, Taissa and Kion trade barbs for investigation, trading their animosity for a dangerous proximity. As the line between performance and reality blurs, they must decide if their partnership is merely a strategy for survival or the beginning of a connection that threatens to ground them both.