After.% P$^-r.inc_ e Cedr!#,ic destr
o_ys!; his w+if e Evelyn*]@_'s ma
gic cor%:e an:@d$ +kills $their n,ew.[%born\ dr ^agon, @she wakes on /the d`:.ay of the%i:%r royal marriage _@`selection. Cedric remem[?bers thei[_r past too, a*#nd t[`his time*[ _.he chooses- Evel;.=yn's jea-(]_l+]ous twin, certain she will gi$+/ ve him a  golden heir. Cast asid!e, Evelyn mar],/ries Tris ]tan, the sick_\l;@y, de$spise ?d %second; prince. But b$ene _at$+h.$ h
is frag(il`e body slee*/.p#s an $anci`);/ent sac=red bloodline, and Evelyn's five+ tails are o.nly th:e beginning. As two reb; or@n /,;rival/.s race to produce +the - Dragon$$ Court's stron`%gest _ =heir, the thron/e becomes a war[): o:f bloo!]+d, b)*etray, al, and birthri*(ght.