The Silent Dragon Song

The Story

A twenty-four-year-old dragon princess keeps her true gray scales hidden beneath a veil of forbidden golden grafting, a disguise she must constantly maintain to survive as a pureblood. During her coming-of-age ceremony, stepsister Selena and fiancé Cassian conspire to reveal the secret, resulting in her exile to Blackmud Harbor. At a local slave market, she encounters Azazel, an ancient dragon who has lost his voice. They form an equal Heart-Scale Pact and conceive an egg that lacks the blessing of the Holy Church. Driven by the need to rescue her mother from an ice dungeon, Ilay infiltrates the palace as a menial laborer. She collects damning evidence, including banned fertility potions, fabricated omens, and proof of Cassian’s infertility. Meanwhile, a flesh-eating monster hatches from a false dragon egg, releasing ancient power into the world. Ilay ultimately dismantles the lies of blood hierarchy and overthrows both the corrupt Holy Church and the decaying royal regime.