A stable hand with forbidden magic enters the Scorching, a dragon race the elite treat as a culling, because the winner's wish could save her dying brother.
She has never ridden a dragon, and the trials set her against cutthroat riders, battle-trained dragons, and nobles wagering on how quickly someone common will break.
The wild dragon Selira claims her anyway, forming a bond reserved for nobility rather than servants.
Prince Fenian was bred to win—cold, controlled, and far too skilled at keeping her alive—yet his dragon is dying, so desperation makes them allies in a race only one can win.
She does not trust him, and between that forbidden bond, secrets that could shatter them both, and a kingdom determined to keep her in chains, trusting the prince may be her salvation or her ruin.
