BLURB

Esmyria was left at an orphanage as an infant in a land not her own. When she came of age, no magic sparked to life. No power marked her. In a world where your birthplace determines your magic, she has never manifested. So she's made peace with her life assisting a healer on the edge of Voltyren, a kingdom that exploits dragons for war and treats its citizens with a merciless hand.

She keeps her head down. She doesn’t cause trouble. The alternative is death, for her and the woman who raised her.

Then, a foreign prince crashes into her pasture, bleeding out and hunted by Voltyren's Guard. Esmyria knows better than to get involved, but reluctantly, she takes him in. And the moment she touches him, something inside her awakens. Something that doesn't belong to Voltyren at all.

When the Guard comes for them both, the prince makes her an offer: run with him and find out who she really is, or stay and spend the rest of her life wondering.

She runs.

But his world is a minefield of court politics, old magic, and kingdoms on the brink of war. And the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore what's building between them. But he's already promised to another, which makes every stolen glance not just foolish, but dangerous.

In this place, dragons aren't weapons. They're sacred, free, and bonded to riders they choose themselves. And because her power has finally manifested, tradition demands she face them. And dragons don't suffer the unworthy.

As Esmyria learns to wield the power burning through her veins, she realizes she's not just uncovering her past. She's unraveling a conspiracy that long outdates her birth, and a prophecy once thought shattered.