On the eve of the Ember Bond, Aria Velborne is forced to watch the world hand her place to Lysaea, the adopted sister everyone now calls the future Dragon Empress—including Darian, the Dragon Emperor bound to Aria by fate. Shut out and overlooked too many times, Aria finally returns his tokens and disappears before the ceremony begins. Eight years later, she comes back unbound and unbroken, while Darian is left with nothing but regret, waiting for the bride he let slip away as destiny threatens to steal even that waiting.
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