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The dragons stopped breathing fire the day the queen died.
Seventeen-year-old Princess Aurelia of Everlight was raised on lullabies about the Golden Dragon Gate and bedtime stories about knights who never break. But when her mother's murder shatters the hundred-year peace, the gate's dragons turn to stone, the crystal waterfalls run black, and a prophecy carved in Sunspire's throne room begins to burn itself into her skin.
The realm says she needs a king to relight the dragonfire. The court says she needs to marry her enemy.
Sir Lumis Vale, disgraced knight of the Ashguard, needs nothing except revenge. Exiled for a crime he didn't commit, he's returned to Everlight with a stolen map, a cursed sword, and one goal: expose the rot inside Sunspire Castle before it devours the kingdom. He didn't plan on guarding the princess. He definitely didn't plan on her setting his blade on fire with a single touch.
But magic is waking. Willow the Forest Fairy claims Aurelia's grief is poisoning the land. Ember, the last baby dragon, imprinted on her at the queen's funeral and won't leave her side. And beyond the Golden Dragon Gate, something older than the kingdom is scratching to get in.
To save Everlight, Aurelia must choose: wear the crown, or wield the flame. Trust the knight who hates her bloodline, or burn the prophecy down.
Because in the Kingdom of Everlight, crowns are forged in ash... and only fire can decide who rules.