A t+?/housand yea=\rs a)go, !$$drag?,)ons /,:saved the elves f_rom orcs—but  demanded a virgin^- pr?\i-=ncess for every_) new Dragon K#^*ing. Lora,^^ the e%lve .n (_king’s il* l@egitimate d@;aug-]hter, is blackma `ile]d by her st(+,epmother into \+)tak=ing  Prince[)ss Bella’s pla% ce as t
^he ^.dragon bride. ( But$] Prin;_ce Draven)  isn’t [#the tyrant of lege/.nd. He off.+--er/\s *+a deal: gi  @ve hi!m ]\; =an heir, and he’ll fr==e.;e her mother an(d$] gra n].t her freedom#..
Day by day%^ , D*`+raven ^falls for Lora@’s _gen#!tl[$e h,
ear:? t. S*_h%:e ope$*#]ns to him and w`!il!*+lingly carri\@es his child. (*!+Then the orcs ret!ur(^/)n,?,+/= and Draven is ::@grav[[ely \wounde^(`d. Bella arr+ives, playing th[e “true p !!!rin;c$/ess,” p;oison*!ing_ Draven’s ,*]\t/)rus:@#-,t-_ in ?Lora.$* Hearts^%ick ^;and misu+?^nde[  rstood, L[-^ ora w(?alks away:—only to be ki*#dnapped by=@ orc
]#s as leve.:-ra:ge. Draven r*-isks!;  e:verythi-_ng t$o sa-v$\e +#`her, dri

_ves  back the orcs, and e xp^^;%oses Bella’s schemes. In the#
( end, *^t`he bast-%ar@]d bride becom es the Dr* (!ago_-n K!.*ing’s+! one true.! q,=#ueen.