Twenty-three lashes killed her mother. She waited fourteen years. On her first day at court, she offered a silver bracelet to pass the King's test—and made sure he would never forget her. Pregnancy. Exile. The death of her son. She lost everything, only to awaken a dragon deep beneath the mountain and uncover the truth of her Vaelor bloodline. Three years later, she returned on dragonback, dethroned the Queen, deposed the King, and claimed the Crown. Asterra would never have a King again. Only a Dragon Empress.
