Yora saved Sanctuary Isle by disappearing inside her own magic. For years beyond counting, the Sage of Wrath has remained sealed in meditation beneath Celestial Sanctuary Temple, sustaining the Quiet that suppresses the priesthood's power and protects people who would otherwise be controlled by it. She has almost forgotten what it feels like to choose anything for herself. Then a wounded dragon races into the Quiet with priests hunting him for the magic in his scales. Zan is powerful, secretive, and familiar in a way Yora cannot explain. He should be another danger. Instead, he becomes the first person in centuries to offer her safety without demanding service in return. Away from the temple, Yora must learn how to live in a body and a world that moved forward without her. Zan's patience challenges everything she believes about power, while the attraction growing between them asks for a kind of trust she has never been allowed to practice. Their refuge cannot remain hidden forever. The Order still wants control, the Quiet cannot protect everyone indefinitely, and Yora's Wrath is beginning to change now that she is using it by choice rather than obligation. Zan has spent his life surviving those who see dragons as resources. Yora has spent hers being treated the same way. Together they may finally have the strength to refuse, but freedom becomes dangerous when the people who benefited from their captivity come to take it back.
Yora saved Sanctuary Isle by disappearing inside her own magic. For years beyond counting, the Sage of Wrath has remained sealed in meditation beneath Celestial Sanctuary Temple, sustaining the Quiet that suppresses the priesthood's power and protects people who would otherwise be controlled by i...