Laila)#, a destitute wi+?d*ow!!, is forc@]/ed ;;+off _$@a cliff by t( *:he_ tyrannical Go#, verno r Barrow—only t?^o fall in*- \to the sac-red dragon realm. There, she sp ends one f.\ateful]++
\/n;)ig.%ht^ with King K[/^ae] l, /= -a(, drago$@n sovereign `^;^bou%]@nd\\ ( b!%y, a deadly cu][rse that bu$rns ?[any woma (n he touches+$. Ten months late ;/r,
she gives b]irth to a royal dragon egg. Hunted by _ [Ba((rrow%,, sh`,e desperately entrusts the egg to the dragon clan. Wh e?$n the templ ,]e iss-:u[e[;s a _+de:%*c_ree see king ;$$one who ca%n?/ h`_at:ch#+[ t_%he # egg, Lai
],la tea/\`rs down the r:_:oyal (notice and -steps forward. \Despit(e scorn an_@\@)d humiliati?\on f(rom the #?\n
:obles., she )reunites ?with Kae;l. )\In $\`the end,=@ it _is her un$=[conditio^nal mo:/`ther'#s love that awakens the!] dy/ +ing ./;egg—and a penniless commo..*ner ]@ be\^
+come;s% th:$@e mother o;f th-!_e dra#\.gon clan's s.;ole h[!eir.