Book excerpt: 1. Life is full of battles. Especially the ones we fight with ourselves. 2. Life is full of lies. The ones others tell us to protect themselves. 3. Metal bars and cold stone aren't the only kind of prison. Young teenage girl Laila, the last Ran'shun, learns this the hard way when she gets kidnapped for her magical powers at the age of seven. Eight years later, she is free again and looking for her best friend, when she meets Angelo, a Dragon Rider. Their meeting could be destiny, but can she trust him? The story of a girl who does not have much reason to trust anyone in her life. And of a boy who could be her salvation or her death.