Aeden arrives at Aviara Academy with a worn bag, no powerful family behind him, and one goal: prove he earned his place. The academy trains riders to form sacred bonds with Aer-Kin, dragonlike creatures connected to their partners through the Weave. Most students wait months for the dangerous bonding ceremony. Aeden's bond begins far too early. Nyra should not even have been able to hatch, yet the strange young Aer-Kin chooses him, tying their lives together before anyone can explain why. Their impossible connection makes Aeden a target for rivals who already despise his background and for teachers who know more about his family than they are willing to admit. Training becomes harsher. Old records raise questions about the parents he lost. A prophecy hidden behind academy politics begins pointing toward an ancient bloodline, a forbidden bond, and a coming war. While Aeden struggles to protect Nyra and keep his friends together, enemies tied to a disgraced faction begin testing the academy's defenses. The threat is no longer about grades, class status, or surviving the next lesson. Someone has spent years preparing for what Nyra represents, and they are willing to attack anyone standing between them and the truth. Aeden came to Aviara believing hard work could solve anything. Now his future may depend on understanding why a creature that should have been stone woke for him, and what will happen when the people hunting that answer finally arrive.
Aeden arrives at Aviara Academy with a worn bag, no powerful family behind him, and one goal: prove he earned his place. The academy trains riders to form sacred bonds with Aer-Kin, dragonlike creatures connected to their partners through the Weave. Most students wait months for the dangerous bon...