Aurora’s POV

When Sloane said she had written the fire control book, I thought that was the end of the surprise.

It was not.

She smiled a bit. “There is something else you should know,” she said. “People outside call me a lot of things. One of those names is the top female fire mage in this region.”

I stared at her. My hands slowly tightened on my knees. “You… you are that fire mage?”

“The same one,” she replied. “The one people like to whisper about instead of ...