Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as room­mates. Adding one injured, flight­less Aerian to her house­hold should be trivial. Sure, the Aerian is Sergeant Moran dar Carafel, but Kaylin’s own sergeant is a Leon­tine, the defi­n­i­tion of growly and fanged. She can handle one Aerian.

But when a walk to the Halls of Law becomes a street-shat­tering magical assas­si­na­tion attempt on the sergeant, Kaylin discovers that it’s not the guest who’s going to be the problem: it’s all of the people who suddenly want Moran dar Carafel dead. And though Moran refuses to tell her why she’s being targeted, Kaylin is deter­mined to discover her secret and protect her at all costs — even if keeping Moran safe means dealing with Aerian poli­tics, angry dragons and some­thing far more sinister.