On the eve of the Tournament of Muses, noblewoman Elara Vale is drugged, publicly humiliated, and sacrificed in a brutal Beauty Rite. The betrayal cuts deeper when she discovers the people behind it are her own father, brother, and the dragon prince who once swore to love her. Stripped of her honor, future, and ability to walk, Elara refuses to remain their victim. As lies unravel and old debts turn poisonous, she must choose: revenge, disappearance—or the dangerous Dragonlord who has never stop
