Selena Baelish, a legendary commoner-born dragonrider, returns to duty after the traumatic loss of her dragon, Rosaris. Despite her status as a seasoned strategist and war council member, the ritual bond pairs her with a fledgling dragon instead of a battle-hardened beast. Clad in armor forged from Rosaris's scales, she accepts this new partnership not out of desire, but out of a grim necessity to stop the weapon that is systematically slaughtering her kind at the border.