Fireborne (The Aurelian Cycle, #1)

by Rosaria Munda

By the wings of my dragon I will keep her . . .

“Sometimes I can’t not fight,” she said.

But the Ministry of Propaganda keeps up rumors of a New Pythian threat among the lower class-metals all the same. They are—as the propaganda officials tell Guardians in class—useful, for inspiring patriotism.

We’ve reached the bounds of reason and have come to the threshold of belief. I would not do her the dishonor of imagining that her beliefs have been any less hard-won than mine.