Some are born of fire. Others are forged by it.Hidden deep within the cursed village of Eldoria, Seraphina has spent seventeen years as a ghost among the living. Branded as a harbinger of death, feared for her mismatched eyes, and orphaned by a fate the villagers call divine punishment, she survives in silence—her only companions a fierce little dog and the river that never stops flowing.But when a mysterious boy is pulled from the water, barely breathing, Seraphina makes a choice that will unravel everything. Kindness becomes rebellion. Compassion becomes danger. And her quiet exile erupts into a storm that will change her destiny forever.Cast from the only home she's ever known, Seraphina awakens in a world beyond imagination—a realm of dragons, ancient magic, and forgotten royalty. Here, her blood sings, her soul stirs... and her bond to a dangerously possessive dragon prince threatens to consume her entirely.In a kingdom teetering on the edge of war, Seraphina must choose: break the chains of her cursed past—or embrace the fire that was always meant to burn within her.