When Nino comes home to find his roommate has adopted a pair of infant dragons, the situation is more than perplexing; it's impossible. Arden Roy has no idea magic exists, but he insists on keeping the little hellions anyway, over Nino's strenuous objections.

There's danger for magical creatures in such a thoroughly nonmagical city, and Nino should know. He's got secrets of his own—secrets that only grow more distressing, as caring for the foundlings brings him closer to Arden in new and confusing ways.

The dragons can't stay. But convincing Arden may require revealing everything he knows, and Nino is terrified. To confess the truth could cost him his best friend, just when Nino is finally beginning to understand his own heart.