“Your future husband is a Black Dragon.
The Council’s decision shocked me!
A dragon my father—Alraqis’s Ruler—despised.
What should I do?
My parents died, my brother disappeared, and my uncle is pursuing his own goals.
Well, I’ll have to wriggle out of it! If I weren’t the heiress!!!
— I accept the will of the elders with one condition. Before the marriage dance, I will live as I lived before!
— the ancient lizards hissed disapprovingly.
To hell with protocol violations—if I’m being forced into an unwanted marriage!
After all, no one will challenge the Black Dragon!
Weaklings…
Or will they?”