Spitfire Disgrace Matthieu Boudreaux has one wish: to age out of the Pedigree he despises, then destroy it. With one year left before he achieves the first step of his goal, Matthieu finally has some hope for an independent future... until a surly Amethyst dragon by the name of Geoffrey Drake and his entourage show up at Matthieu's cloister and inform him he's been selected to be part of an 'experiment.' Geoffrey Drake, proud and stuffy legal counsel...