At fifteen, Rhea Ashbourne killed her mother’s poisoner with three bursts of golden dragonfire. To honor her mother’s dying wish, she sealed her dragon core and spent ten years as a proper heiress. But when her husband’s foster sister humiliates her, seizes her inheritance, and whips her attendant, Rhea summons the twelve Dragon Guards and uncovers a plot against the Golden Dragon Clan. But who is really behind it—and why have they been waiting for Rhea to awaken?
