Awakening of the Ancestral Dragon

In a world ruled by dragons, blood purity is the absolute law. Aria is a half-breed—born of a dragon and a human—branded a “mongrel” incapable of awakening her draconic blood, a disgrace to her entire family. Seven years ago, when she was only three, she and her mother were cast out of the Magus family by her grandfather, Augustus. Her mother eventually froze, starved, and died of sickness on the streets.