Children of the Wolf (Stories from the World of Rax)

All Calian Serratus wanted out of the winter retreat was some food, some quiet, and maybe make a few new friends while avoiding getting involved in politics.
All Aelia Ventarus wanted for the winter retreat was to be left alone with her thoughts, to work her way through her feelings and hopefully come through it with a clearer head.
Yet, the whims of chance have their own intentions and the two of them find their paths intertwining with not only each other's, but the paths of others. And both find themselves dealing with things they never wanted to deal with and facing challenges that they might not be prepared for. As the situation is pulled towards complications of a mystical nature, the two will have to find people they can trust - and each other - to succeed in their goals.

Alina Lee is a fan of the fantasy genre and tabletop RPG player, dabbles occasionally in video games, and watches more educational youtube content than most people expect. It prefers to write the kinds of stories it enjoys reading or things that just strike it as something worth writing. This means it is mostly small-scale, non-standard fantasy.
It may or may not be a very private komodo dragon.