My uncle gave me a choice: marry the sleeping dragon prince in my cousin’s place, or watch my little brother die. I took the deal. I let them call me Ilyana and walked into Duskhold with my head high.
The prince was not sleeping. Vaelor woke in the dark and told me he had been hiding from a poisoner. Now I am keeping his secret, and his enemies have made me a target.
When they dragged me away, he came for me in fire and blood. Then he kissed me before his court and called me his wife.
My name is Calista Hargrove, and I will make this marriage real even if it kills me.
