Unbeknownst to Katoptris, Rubescent is of the same assassin clan she was once a member of. Rubescent is her much younger half sister and tries to be as foreboding and deadly as she believes Katoptris to be. She was never told why Katoptris left, just that she had been betrayed by someone outside of the clan whom she cared for. Which is a mistake in their clan. As an assassin, if you need someone to trust, you trust those of your clan. This is one of their laws.

Rubescent wishes to understand what could possibly have happened to such a legendary assassin of their clan and hopes to perhaps even bring her back. She has noticed that in this nature lair the dragons, even those with fiery emotions and deadly powers, seem to really care for one another. The orphaned young do not even seem as sad as she might've suspected and the leader, who loves a good brawl, welcomed her good naturally enough. Was there then a reason to stay here?

She began to fit in into the Clan and accept it as her own. Maybe there was a life different from the harsh clan she came from. For the first time in her life she found herself taking off the mask she had worn for so long and becoming one with Clan life.

Yet she still wasn’t at peace. Her heart yearns for something else, and although she lived this new home this wasn’t her final home. She began to stray from the clan for days at end, always coming back with a restless soul.

Then one day she met Karmenia. The fun, feisty fae kindly talks to her and after hearing Rubescent’s soul search, invites her to her clan. Rubescent decides to go and discover this new territory, and gladly agrees.

Now she has found her place in Sornieth and she won’t leave for all the jewels in the world. The skills her assassin life has taught her remain with her always, but the constant plaguing doubt and fear of being one has left her life. She is one here in this clan, one with the hatchlings and the elderly. In a way, she finally feels like she belongs.

And she will never leave.

Rubescent, upon leaving her birth clan, realized how many dragons were in danger. No one was paying attention to the needs of the underworld, the inner longings for crime and deception prevalent in every dragon. So, using dragons from both Karmenia's and Flix's clans, she created the Secret Spies, a mysterious group kept hidden from their clanmates, working together in order to subdue crime.

Other dragons in the Secret Spies: