Kate and the marked ones have survived their first encounter with the venin. Her second year at Basgiath is going to be a brand new task of all proportions. Garrick and Ridoc continue to fight for her love, for her attention, for her heart. There's more at stake, more risks, more trauma, and of course, more secrets she must keep from her friends. The burning relic never gets easier, there's always some threat around the corner. With assassination attempts, the new RSC classes, and of course, her dragon is mated to a brand new lieutenant. Where does Kate go from here? Who can she really turn to? And how does she handle "becoming the new Xaden" at Basgiath?

Imagine your whole life is a lie. The power you harness right through to the heritage you have. Asterella always lived within the shadows, always there but never seem, always hearing but never speaking. What happens when she hears what was never meant for her and sees what was never meant for her. Run. That's what happens. She runs. But you can't always outrun what was never meant to chase you, that's how she ended up giving her name to guy who shared the same birth mark on his arm as her, moments before she walks the Parapet to the Riders Quadrant.

Daphne has a secret. A secret worth killing her for. Leaving her old life behind she runs away from home to become a dragon rider at Basgiath. No one can know who she is. No one could have prepared her for what awaits her at Basgiath: the challenges and surely not a pair of onyx eyes. Staying in the shadows becomes nearly impossible with a certain dragon rider trying to bore himself into her life. A dragon rider that might kill her if he figures out who she really is.

She was never meant to ride. He was never meant to fight. But war leaves little room for choice. Betrothed at fifteen to the cruel prince Alic Tauri, Emiana Melgren knew her fate was sealed. That is, until Alic died at Basgiath, leaving her father- the king's most trusted general- with a daughter he had no use for. Now, forced into the Riders Quadrant with not nearly enough training, Emiana has only one goal: survive. But survival becomes infinitely harder when she discovers that Prince Camlaen Tuari, Alic's brother, has abandoned the castle for Basgiath; taking on the name of Aaric Graycastle to remain hidden. Cam saw Emiana's suffering years ago and did nothing. And now, she has no reason to trust him- especially when he keeps watching her like she's a ghost of his past mistakes. Yet Emiana's greatest threat isn't Cam, it's everyone else. As the daughter of General Melgren, the man responsible for the deaths of nearly every marked rider's parents, she is now the most hated name in the quadrant. Enemies lurk in every corner, waiting for their chance to kill her, to make her suffer as their families did. But Emiana has spent her life surviving, and she won't stop now. As ancient enemies stir and hidden secrets rise, Emiana and Cam are tied together by forces beyond their control. Because their dragons are bound. Their fates are entwined. And the truth buried in her past may be the kingdom's salvation- or its ruin.

Adelaide Ansel, a fierce and enigmatic first-year cadet, returns to Basgiath War College bearing a name long erased from history - a bloodline cursed and forgotten for over four centuries. She carries not just scars and mismatched eyes that unsettle those around her, but an arsenal of poisons, enchanted armour, and a deadly book of knowledge she authored in secret. The myth surrounding her scar is grand and fantastical, yet the truth is brutal and mundane - she was attacked without prophecy or cause, and it hardened her rather than broke her. Adelaide is calculated, rebellious, and unapologetically herself, refusing to hide her lavender hair or deny the ancient blood that flows through her. With wit and venom-laced charm, Adelaide verbally spars with Xaden and insinuates they may be related - a half-truth or an outright lie that shakes him to his core. She crosses the Parapet with deadly grace, claiming her place not just as a survivor, but as a reckoning for the history that tried to bury her. She quickly forms alliances with fellow cadets Ridoc and Sawyer, proving herself both humorous and dangerous - equally capable of loyalty and chaos. She is assigned to the Fourth Wing and settles into formation, Adelaide disrupts expectations and asserts her presence like a storm in human form - unrelenting, unpredictable, and unforgettable. Disclaimer || I used AI to create the Cover Image for this story as I can't draw to safe my life. Credits go to Rebecca Yarros as Fourth Wing belongs to her. I only own Adelaide Ansel Character and her Bonded. I'll try to keep the story inline with Violet's Timeline so that some events stay canon.