Darkness is stirring in the shadows of Miragia.
When Kieran is sent to court to serve as guardian to the future Queen Aislynn, he expects another assignment filled with duty, politics, and court intrigue. The last thing he expects is her.
Aislynn is nothing like the fragile princess he imagined. She carries a power she barely understands herself, a stubbornness capable of driving him to madness, and a heart unwilling to bend to the world trying to control her. But while the bond between them grows stronger, something darker is beginning to awaken beneath the surface.
Enemies gather within the shadows. Ancient prophecies begin to stir. And far beyond the kingdom's walls, forces are waiting that could plunge all of Miragia into war.
What begins as a royal duty soon becomes a brutal fight for survival where magic, dragons, and long-buried secrets intertwine with love, grief, and betrayal. And the closer Aislynn and Kieran become, the clearer it is that their fates are tied to something far greater than themselves.
But some stories are written in fire and blood.
And when darkness finally rises, no one will remain untouched.