Seraphine Vaelis was never meant to matter.Born the first daughter of a king who desired sons, she grows up in the shadow of rejection, watching as her father builds a new family around a second wife who gives him everything Seraphine cannot. When a ruthless ruler from the North demands a bride, Seraphine is offered without hesitation an expendable piece in a dangerous alliance.But her mother refuses to let her be sacrificed.On the eve of her departure, Seraphine escapes into a fractured world beyond palace walls a dystopian land where magic and machinery collide. Hunted by soldiers and shadows, she finds refuge in a dying town, where a reclusive mage discovers the truth buried deep within her: Seraphine is bound to a mythical White Dragon, a force feared even by kings.As she trains to control a power that threatens to consume her, the North begins its pursuit. The ruler she was meant to marry does not seek a bride he seeks the weapon she has become.And Seraphine must decideWill she remain the girl they tried to discard?Or rise as something no one can control?