-The rebellion kids weren’t placed in the Riders Quadrant as punishment. It was a strategic move to give them power, let them rise through the ranks, and ultimately take down whoever is truly behind the Venin. (Seriously, why let them bond with dragons otherwise?) - Xaden keeps pushing Violet to ask the right questions because he suspects her second signet has something to do with truth. The first book focused heavily on the theme of truth and how it was hidden from her onyxstorm