Elara Vane’s family sends her to the Dragon King’s palace to die in her sister’s place. Instead, she sees a chance to avenge her murdered mother. Disguising her beauty to escape Princess Seraphine’s jealousy, Elara unexpectedly captures King Cassian’s heart. But when Seraphine kills her closest companion, Mara, she realizes that being loved by a king is no guarantee of safety. Elara turns the princess’s schemes against her own family, exposing their crimes and reclaiming her mother’s name. A wild white dragon chooses her, and Cassian crowns her queen. Her family has paid. Now she turns her attention to Seraphine.