Posed as a Man, Rose to Marshal

The Story

Matilda disguises herself as a man to serve eight years taming dragons, a secret she keeps from the world. Dean and Thea murder her for glory, but she survives and exposes their crimes with her scars. The king beheads the culprits and names her commander. She founds a female dragon knight camp, facing noble mockery of her first graduate, until the king rules in her favor.