Princess Skye Vealwyn has spent years preparing for Scaleborn Academy—a place where elemental magic is tested, dragons choose their riders, and survival is never guaranteed. Haunted by her mother’s murder and determined to prove she is more than her royal bloodline, Skye arrives ready to master her magic and claim the future she has fought for. But Scaleborn is hiding secrets of its own. Then there’s Ashen. Mysterious, infuriating, and far too connected to the darkness surrounding Skye’s past, he is the last person she should trust—and the one person she can’t seem to stay away from. As ancient magic begins to stir and dangerous truths surface, Skye discovers that the greatest threat may not lie beyond the academy walls. It may already be inside them. At Scaleborn, dragons judge the soul, magic answers to emotion, and every bond comes at a price. Skye came to claim her destiny. She may have to survive it first.

Seventeen-year-old Abby has spent most of her life surviving. Between raising her younger siblings, navigating her parents’ addiction, and fighting to keep her carefully controlled world from falling apart, she doesn’t have time for mysteries—especially ones involving the strange dreams that have haunted her for as long as she can remember. A white manor. A perfect family. A boy with piercing blue eyes. Then Trystan walks into her classroom. He’s charming, infuriating, impossible to ignore—and somehow, painfully familiar. As Abby grows closer to him, her dreams begin to change. They become clearer. Darker. Less like dreams and more like memories. And Trystan knows more than he’s willing to admit. Soon, Abby is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her childhood, her family, and even herself. Because somewhere in the life she can’t remember is a truth people have spent years trying to keep buried. And Trystan may be the key to uncovering it. Or the reason she forgot it in the first place. Some memories are lost. Some are stolen. And some were never meant to come back.