A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead. - Article One, Section One, The Dragon Rider's Codex "Anyone else feel like changing their mind?" Xaden shouts, scanning the remaining rows of cadets with the same shrewd gaze of the navy-blue dragon behind him. "No? Excellent. Roughly half of you will be dead by this time next summer." The formation is silent except for a few untimely sobs from my left. "A third of you again the year after that, and the same your last year. No one cares who your mommy or daddy is here. Even King Tauri's second son died during his Threshing. So tell me again: Do you feel invincible now that you've made it into the Rider's Quadrant? Untouchable? Elite?" No one cheers. Another blast of heat rushes - this time directly at my face - and every muscle in my body clenches, preparing for incineration. But it's not flames... just steam, and it blows back Rhiannon's braid as the dragons finish their simultaneous exhale. The breeches on the first-year ahead of me darken, the color spreading down his legs. They want us scared. Mission accomplished. "Because you're not untouchable or special to them." Xaden points toward the navy dragon and leans forward slightly, like he's letting us in on a secret as we lock eyes. "To them, you're just the prey." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Who is that?" "Rhae Sorrengail, the forgotten daughter. She's Violet's twin, they're nothing alike though. Violet is the calm before a storm, and Rhae is the hurricane. The anger and stubbornness of that woman are insane." "God forbid she and Xaden stay in the same room for too long. Someone would likely end up dead." Started: June 5, 2025. Finished:

Olive was 14 when they came, 14 when they grabbed her and her parents leading them Calldyr to have her watch at they burned her parents alive, then she felt the pain, she looked down and flinched when she saw the winding shape of a relic snaking its way up from her wrist up to her shoulder, she sat there crying her eyes out, and when she looked up again everyone was gone and the dark night sky greeted her, then she herd it a soft sweet noise and as she looked down she was greeted with the two green eyes of a cat the color of ash. 6 Years Later Olive is ready and looking to spill blood.

Tatiana Kleos has never had a normal life. From the moment she was born she was destined for greatness. Then everything came crashing down, her mother murdered, her father a traitor and the once glorious name Kleos reduced to nothing but a memory. Forced into the world's deadliest tra ining ground, Tatiana has no choice but to do what she does best excel. She must fight to join the army's elite, dragon riders. But she is trapped in a web of lies and secrets, deadly secrets. Many would kill her to better their own chances. Some would kill her if they ever discovered her secret. To add to it all she befriends Violet Sorrengail the daughter of Tatiana's second worse enemy. With the odds against her, Tatiana must use every trick she knows and outwit her enemies and fellow cadets for a chance to see sunrise, because once you enter Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out: GRADUATE OR DIE