A thousand years ago@(^!#, dragons*+ sav%_.
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the elves[ f =)r:-om orcs—?but demanded a(/+ virgin pri@[nce($$ss\, for\ ev*]e[#$ry new %(Dragon Kin;g.  Lora, @ the e^`_#:lven ^
/king’s illegitim$at.e dau[ghter, is

blackm;+_ai led [#-_b; ?y her stepmother into ta[?king Pri=$ncess Bell!\a’s place as:? the d:?rag+on/_ , bride. But Pr*?ince Drav$]en isn’t the  ]#t:#y
rant of lege[^)-nd. He offer`s a deal: .-g\.+)ive him an heir, and :he’ll? free her mother
))% and grant her [,fr`=^eedom.
Day by d=ay,_ Draven f^^all$?s for Lora’s ge@]ntl+@e heart. /Sh?e o$pe,?ns t
_o him( and willingly #ca!$rries=@
his child., Then the orcs return, and D raven is ,g((ravely wo /unded. Bel la` )^arrives, =_
playing the “tr)ue` p?]rin]_ce*@
ss,” poisonin%g Dr,/ av[/en’s trust in `Lora^_^. Hea#.rts[ick
)an**d misu$:ndersto+o (d, L(ora :^ w*alks a)way—on=ly to be kid:+napped by) o/rc(:s )as lev)`!erage. Draven risks everything) to save her, dri=ves back th`
;e orcs,,** an= d exp)oses Bel/+la’s sche%_mes. In the end, *\ the bast
=ard, bride becomes the` ! Dragon Kin#. g’s;@. on;e true queen.