Lydia was forced by her heartless noble family to take her sister's place as a sacrificial bride for the feared Dragon King Lucian. Terrified of the beast, Lydia escaped into an arctic blizzard, seeking shelter in a cabin where she nursed a dying dragon shifter back to sanity through an unforgettable night of healing intimacy.
Captured weeks later by zealot inquisitors, Lydia faces public execution when diagnostic crystals reveal she carries royal dragon progeny. Before the flames ignite, King Lucian arrives in a furious draconic tempest, identifying Lydia as the woman who saved his soul and proclaiming her as the supreme empress of the realm.
