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The Dragon Fell for the Girl Who Freed Him: When the Disgraced Princes

"You freed me, little deceiver. Now you'll learn what it means to belong to a dragon." Princess Elara Veyshara had everything—a crown, a loyal fiancé, the love of her people. Then her stepsister and betrothed openly accused her of betrayal, stripped her of her title, and sentenced her to death in the Crimson Wastes. Betrayed by her own family and left with nothing but the rags on her back, she's given one final humiliation: death by dragon fire. They chain her to the Forbidden Gate where Ashkaroth the World-Breaker has been locked for three hundred years—the last dragon, the monster who once burned nations to ash. Her death is meant to be a show, a warning. But when her blood hits the old lock, something impossible happens. The seal breaks. The dragon wakes. And he doesn't kill her. Ashkaroth is devastatingly beautiful in his human form, lethally powerful, and totally angry after centuries of torment. The moment Elara's blood freed him, an old soul-bond snapped into place—one that ties their lives together. If she dies, he returns to his jail. If he dies, she follows him into darkness. They're stuck together, bound by magic neither asked for. But the dragon who appears isn't the mindless beast from the tales. He's cunning, seductive, and hiding secrets about why he was really imprisoned—secrets related to Elara's own bloodline and the royal family that betrayed her. As enemies close in to recapture the dragon and quiet Elara forever, she learns three terrible truths: the Empire's wealth was built on stolen dragon magic; her "treason" was planned because she carries an old bloodline that can command dragons; and Ashkaroth isn't humanity's destroyer—he was their protector, betrayed by the very nobles who now rule. Forced into a partnership, the disgraced princess and the angry dragon must survive the Wastes together. But closeness breeds something far more dangerous than teamwork. His obsessive security wakes feelings she thought died with her old life. His touch sparks fire in her blood. And when he looks at her with those burning eyes and swears, "I will burn this empire to the ground for you," she realizes she wants to let him. The Empire took everything from her. The dragon will teach her to take it all back—and make them beg for pity in the ashes.
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