Rising of the Ashes: Book One
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"Vengeance has a heartbeat. And hers hasn't stopped yet."
When Princess Esmeray Tiriel watched her empire burn, she didn't cry,she ran.
Now the girl who once ruled the skies rides her dragon through the ruins of a world that forgot her name. Her sister sits on the enemy's throne. Her people are gone. And the only thing louder than the fire in her veins is the promise she made through her tears: I'll make you wish I'd died with them. After a year of training and barely holding her sanity together, Esme infiltrates Duskveil's most prestigious academy under a fake name. The goal? Get close to the royal family, find the emperor, and end him. The problem? His son,Caithen,is annoyingly smart, way too charming, and very, very off-limits. Falling in love wasn't part of the revenge plan,
but neither was betrayal. Because in a world built on lies and blood, vengeance always has a price,and she's running out of things left to lose.
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