Elara survived Icespire’s cruelty and Emberfall’s political games. Now she has to survive Ashenveil’s fire. Taken by the Dragon King and dragged into his volcanic court, Elara becomes the one thing every kingdom proof that the truth can be stolen, reshaped, and weaponized. Ashenveil hates her Iceborn blood. Emberfall wants her controlled. Icespire wants her erased. But Valen wants something else. He says he’s turning her into a weapon aimed at Icespire’s heart. He says it’s strategy. The way he touches her makes it feel like something far worse. As war tightens and the world turns against her, Elara must decide who she really is beneath the stolen name, the borrowed crown, and the kings who want to own her. Because this time, she won’t survive by pretending. She’ll survive by becoming.