My name is Lady Aithera Kilbray.

I am the Heart of the Dragon Back Valley, and one of the Guardians of the Dragon Back Castle.

I thought I was the last Kilbray, but now I know that is not the case and the Kilbray line will continue when the time is right.

To my close friends and family though, I am still only Tera, but my life continues to be anything but ordinary.

Aithera
and Jira decide to stay in the Dragon Back Valley. This decision causes
confusion and uncertainty in others. Solen departs when he believes he
is doing more harm than good, and Aithera accepts what she believes is a
future of pain that duty and honor bring with that decision.

By
staying in the valley, Aithera is hidden and safe, but when she leaves
to visit her friends in a small settlement near Haulden, a new menace
shows himself -- someone from her past that promises to harm her friends
to get to her.

Jira learns from visiting her family that there
is a secret about her mother's origins -- a secret confirmed by an
unexpected source -- that reveals she is more than just a mere farm
girl. This news sends her on a journey of discovery that brings on more
surprises.

While Jira is on her quest, Aithera decides that she
must become the hunter instead of the hunted. When she finally confronts
the one from her past, she gets answers that are very painful and not
what she was expecting. Aithera survives the encounter, and when she and
Jira return to the valley, they each have surprises of their own. Devon
reveals the truth about Aithera's origins, and with this newfound
knowledge, she sets out to mend the pain and seek the happiness she
longs for with the one who stubbornly resists any return to the valley.