She was raised to hunt dragons?never knowing one would become the only man she could trust. Donia remembers no life before Malediction. Found as a child and raised in a brutal realm where survival demands strength, she has little reason to trust strangers?and no reason to hesitate when she encounters a dragon.

Then she meets Cale.

Cursed into dragon form, Cale is no ordinary beast. Forced together by danger, their hostility slowly becomes trust?and a connection neither expected. Escaping Malediction should mean freedom. Instead, it reveals a past stolen from Donia by forbidden magic. She is the missing firstborn daughter of Katriel's ruling family and the kingdom's rightful heir.

Now Donia must trade a hunter's leathers for silver gowns and navigate a royal court where every smile may hide a threat. Her family welcomes her home, a charming suitor offers an easier future, and Cale remains the one man who understands who she has become. But the conspiracy that stole Donia's childhood is not finished with her. To claim her place in Katriel, she must uncover the traitor within the palace before they succeed a second time.

She survived dragons and curses. Surviving her own kingdom may prove far more dangerous.