At Basgiath War College, loyalty is fragile, secrets are lethal, and falling in love can get you killed faster than dragon fire. Y/N expected her second year to be brutal — she just didn’t expect to survive it beside Kael Damaris, the infamous rider with rebellion blood in his veins and enough secrets to burn Navarre to the ground. Forced into an uneasy alliance after their dragons bond unexpectedly, the two are pulled into a dangerous web of failing wards, buried conspiracies, and betrayals festering inside Basgiath itself. But the closer Y/N gets to Kael, the harder it becomes to tell whether he’s the greatest threat to her survival… or the only reason she’ll make it out alive.