A destiny uncovered... a hidden world... and dragons.After a car accident left my only parent – my father in the hospital, I was swept away to the Dragon Born Academy by my estranged grandmother.If I had to be there, I’d be an observer of this place with its rituals and superstitions… After all, everyone’s made it clear I don’t belong.But then it happened…and Ashe Carrick – my impossibly irresistible bond-mate happened.Being Cracked Open changed everything… Who I thought I was, WHAT I thought I was…DRAGON BORN.The words alone bring to mind monsters and princesses in castles.I am the princess and the monster they locked away. However, my story has no damsels in distress, waiting to be rescued.It’s self-rescue time, and I’m done playing nice.