Dragons, bonded mates, and irreversible decisions. 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.