Rejected Bride: Married To The Dragon King

Chapter 2

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breathing harsh in my ears. The laughter and wh

ttie caught up, blocking my path. Her face was a

ice dripping with counterfeit sympathy. "But you can't blame Harper.

of us who couldn't transform. A rem

y. "Move, Lady Conway. We have n

d, replaced by the raw, ugly spite I knew so well. "You think you're still th

ss meant only for me. "Everything that was yours will so

ase in my deepest insecurities. But the pa

"Is that so? Then you had best pra

satisfaction of a fight. I knew any reacti

a quiet, deserted corridor. The sudden silence was

t voice spoke

's w

ing into my throat. It was h

ing to shrink the corridor. Up close, his eyes were even more arresting

gh me. I took an instincti

etween us with slow, deliberate strides. He

a lightning strike, mixed with something ancient, like smoke

e intense. "You are not worthless, Lady Jordan

with betrayal and scorn, he was the first p

red but unadorned with the crest of any house I recognized. Everything about him scr

d," I said, my voice tight with caution,

e didn't seem to mind my wariness. "It's quite simple.

ing I couldn't decipher. "And I, as it

d up by my inten

ually, as if disc

couldn't form a

nd calloused, a warrior's hand. "Since we have both been so

e should m

ely blank. The world

ng with mine. His tone was calm, but it held a w

ield. I will stand between yo

was madness.

f my future, my name, my dignity

a lif

ld of his eyes, my heart poundi

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Rejected Bride: Married To The Dragon King

Catlaina Sloggett Fantasy

“I knelt on the cold stone of the Dragon God Altar, waiting to marry Lord Harper Carney. It was my only chance to escape the gilded cage of my family. But when Harper finally arrived, he wasn't alone. His arm was wrapped tightly around my cousin, Hettie. Right in front of the entire court, he coldly announced that our marriage was a mistake. Hettie leaned into his embrace, wearing a triumphant smile while playing the innocent victim. The assembled nobles openly jeered at me. They mocked my greatest failing-that I was a worthless "Dragonless" born without the inner fire. My own father was furious, not at them, but at me. He demanded I go to Hettie's estate and beg for her forgiveness. When I refused, he threatened to cut off all my funds and revoke my only job at the Royal Scribes' Office. I was publicly abandoned, stripped of my dignity, and left with absolutely nothing. I didn't cry, and I didn't scream. Why should I be the one to apologize when they were the ones who betrayed me? For years, I had endured their abuse, treated like a pawn to be sacrificed at will. But looking at their smug faces, my despair turned into cold resolve. I took off my betrothal coronet and dropped it at Harper's feet, publicly nullifying the contract myself. I thought I would have to face the ruin alone, until a mysterious, powerful man with burning golden eyes stepped out of the shadows. "Marry me," he said. "I will be your shield, and we will crush them together."”