Eight hundred years ago, humans learned to survive by forming magical bonds with powerful beast clans. House Valemont became the greatest Beastmaster family on the continent—but I grew up in an orphanage after being switched at birth. When they finally brought me home, they still chose their adopted daughter, Rosalie, over me. Then Stormwing, the family’s guardian Storm Eagle, defended me, elite beasts bowed to me, and an ancient golden dragon chose me as its human partner. Rosalie turned to forbidden binding magic to steal what no beast would freely give her. She wanted my place, my future, and even-tually my life. She should have learned one thing first: real power cannot be forced
