Hard As Cake by Deiri Di

Six hunters drag her into the dungeon.
One forbidden monster may be her only way out.

Twenty-year-old Fiadh thought the exalted Order Academy would unlock her magic; instead, she’s stuck cleaning up after nobles who view her as a plaything. When a squad of ruthless classmates decides to drag her into the sentient Dungeon, Fiadh sacrifices freedom for the people she loves, even knowing no one who enters the labyrinth returns unscarred… if they return alive.
Deep beneath the academy, amidst dripping stone and lethal traps, waits a creature she’s only ever admired in the forbidden monster book she’s been studying for ages: a towering, emerald-scaled Naga whose coiled body could crush a man… and whose dark eyes promise a different kind of ruin. Caged by a confinement of his own making, he is everything her human tormentors pretend to be: dangerous, powerful, irresistible.
Forced into tight quarters and a crushing embrace, Fiadh must decide whether to trust the monster she’s sworn to fear or the men who are monsters pretending to be human. But each breath she shares with the Naga awakens the truth of what the Order tried to scrub from her soul.

If she chooses the monster… her world might never be the same.

Monstrous kisses, forced proximity, and a happy-for-now ending await in this fast, fun novella set in the Chaos God universe. Perfect for readers who crave monster romance straight to the spice with crushing stakes.