Princess, Don't Waver

Hanara was six when her mother turned to ash.

Princess, don't waver. That was the last thing she said.

Now Hanara returns to the empire that destroyed her clan-disguised, hollowed, and racing against time.

Her brother Hansel is alive. If she is discovered too soon, he dies. She buries her dual power-the ability to destroy and to heal-and waits. She knows her true self draws them. She is counting on it.
She does not expect Zilant, a dragon prince whose power has been frozen since birth and refused his position, to become her first warmth in years.

But the empire hides an aura-eating dragon-and no one who faces it keeps their power. To save her brother and herself, Hanara must face what no one else can.

Her mother said don't waver.

She won't.