Melantha has spent her entire life preparing to take her father's throne. On the day of her Becoming, the draconian's came to collect an overdue debt from her father and take her as their payment. Mel must find out what her father owed to the draconian king. Her life is uprooted when she learns terrifying truths about her father and kingdom. Melantha must decide who to believe and who matters more, her father or the people she has spent her whole life preparing to protect.