PART II

THE FIGHTER

Once upon a time, there was a young woman who stole her name from a grave.

This did not stop the rest of her past from haunting her.

She wore the hardest part of it on her finger—a silver dragon ring—and even though its teeth were now turned the other way, she still fought the beast in her sleep. She still woke up with scars.

She always felt one breath away from fire.