Kaida bakes bread by morning and dances by firelight at night-bold, beautiful, and restless in a village that celebrates pleasure as freely as wine. But beneath her skin, something ancient stirs. When a stolen necklace unleashes heat she can't control, Kaida's body begins to change-and so does her hunger. When tax soldiers come to crush her home, Kaida doesn't run. She erupts. Flames, rage, and scales reveal what she truly is: Drakarash, born of dragons long thought dead. Forced to flee with a mysterious warrior who teaches her to harness lust and fury as power, Kaida begins to transform-into something far more dangerous than legend. She learns to kill. To seduce. To lead. Now hunted by kings and courted by rebels, Kaida must decide: Will she become a symbol for their cause-or burn it all down and rise on her own terms? Fierce, erotic, and unflinching, Kaida - Awakening is the first chapter in a bold new saga of power, transformation, and fire that refuses to be tamed.