Summary
Brigit, raised as a common orphan, is joyfully reunited with her long-lost imperial kin—the emperor and princess. But on her coming-of-age celebration, her own family cruelly offers her as a ritual sacrifice. Revived by the shadowy dragon Nidhor, she awakens before learning her royal heritage. Resolved to evade that brutal end, she escapes the empire and finds work as a court sorceress. Fate, however, leads her into the service of the very duke denounced as a traitor. Now she must skillfully navigate her perilous duties, honor her magical contract, and flee the empire before her history reclaims her.