Five years ago, Ozora planted explosive spells in the hull of Fraser Connell’s ship and watched it sink. He deserved it. She had proof he was hunting hippocamps—gentle, intelligent creatures she’d sworn to protect. She’d do it again.

Probably.

Now a dragon has plucked Ozora from the ashes of her home and dropped her in Hastrior—a crumbling port city, crawling with dark magic, and currently occupied by Fraser Connell himself. He’s furious. She’s horrified. A teenage sphinx thinks this is hilarious. And somehow, the three of them have been chosen to build a school of magic that hasn’t existed for a thousand years, or watch an ancient empire burn the world to the ground.

There’s just one problem: the proof that sent Ozora running was a lie. Everything she believed about Fraser, about the hippocamps, about the man who fed her those lies—all of it is wrong. And the traitor who played them both is still in the city, serving a far more dangerous master.

To survive what’s coming, Ozora will have to trust the man she destroyed. Fraser will have to forgive the woman who shattered him. And neither of them can afford to acknowledge what still burns between every glare, every argument, and every accidental touch.

Salt, Sky, and Fire is the first book in the Tales from the Bestiary series, featuring a second-chance romance, a snarky sphinx, magnificent hippocamps, and a dragon who is done with everyone’s nonsense.