Raising dragonets wasn't the future Tess had planned. But it is the job she has until Moradori shows her marks and can be passed along to her mentor dragon. As much as she wants that glistening future, she loves the dragonet she has raised.

Everything was going great until Bastion Noble and his identical dragonet showed up.

Every mark Moradori expresses, from snapping razor-sharp scales to burps of flame, becomes one more chip in the future she hoped for.

Making a deal with Bastion to protect their dragonets was sensible, and not a little intriguing.

Who knew there was a law older than the thousand year old Bargain? Or that it called for the rending of all dragons and humans involved in its breaking?

Tess Realles: no-nonsense minder to a dragonet, Tess looks forward to leaving the dragon creche and setting out on an adventure. She just has to wait for her mischievous dragonet to grow beyond the need for a caretaker.

Bastion Noble: minder to an orphan dragonet, Bastion is casual, free-spirited, and a flirt. Somehow he keeps his dragonet out of trouble without having to watch her every activity.

Moradori and Cizirena: two adolescent dragonets who find they have more in common than the maturity stages they must navigate under the eye of a far too attentive mentor dragon and their minders.

The Cadore Range is home to eight kingdoms. They are each unique, having different ruling styles, and separated along the range. Some have long histories of interactions while others maintain their isolation.

Solstice dragons live in the mountains of the range. They are intelligent and maintain peace with the humans due to a long-standing agreement, known as The Bargain to the dragons and The Don't Eat Humans Clause to the human populations.