Joon wakes up in a hospital ward after a near-fatal collapse. With her mates gathered around her in support, her first thought is of the cure. But Joon is in for a rude awakening when she realizes she's alienated everyone she loves. With the antibodies for the plague in her blood, she's sure she's found a cure. Too bad the rest of Draxos isn't convinced quite yet. When her eggs come down, all she wants is for her mates to forgive her. When she finds she is pregnant, they insist she waits to find out the genders of her hatchlings. With Academy scientists taking forever to finalize the cure, and her belly growing every day, Joon has to switch focus from her obsessive work ethic to her love of her family. While in the final stages of gestation, she takes her dragon form and finds what she's been missing all along. When her eggs hatch, will she finally know for sure that she's found the cure? And can she find her happily ever after when her mates no longer trust her?