On the eve of her wedding, Elara is humiliated again when Darian gives away their marriage-dragon to Seraphine and assumes a little milk wine will keep her obedient. This time, she doesn't stay silent. Barefoot on the scorching Sea-Flame stones, she tears the engagement apart and turns to Kael, the Northwind Crag chieftain's son who has loved her from afar for years. She chooses the love that never wavered.