Vera, a duke’s daughter, is set up and publicly exposed: during her ritual bonding with Crown Prince Rayne, she is seen by all of dragonkind. Branded a shameless seductress, she is stripped of her inheritance and forced to marry the North’s notorious mad dragon, John, in place of the Duke’s adopted daughter, Selena. With Selena scheming against her and Rayne enabling it, Vera is tortured—her wing bones ripped out, her body abused. Desperate, she goes North, where John’s tender care helps her awaken her white-gold dragon wings and start a new life. When Rayne learns Selena stole Vera’s gift and falsely claimed to be the one who saved his life, he realizes Vera was the one who saved him all along—but it’s too late. He has no chance of winning her back.
