Substitute Marriage: Awakening The Dragon King

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omfort before rising. Flanked by a gaggle o

ant entourage scream of a girl

a crown," my handmaid, Ruby Tucker, mutters, handing me a goblet of warm spiced milk, her br

Look into the Fourth Lord, Jonah Montgomery. I need to know the exact extent of his affliction-how deep the poison runs, and if there is still enough

om the shadowed corner of the room, and Jett Sh

ontgomery was dealt a hand

him from a baseborn mongrel to a lord wielding true draconic might in the court. Seven year

onah holds the genuine favor of the Dragon King. If I can purge the sickness from his veins with my flam

, I know precisely which lords can be bent to my will and whose throats need slitting before they can bare their fangs.

p of the warm milk, my expression

ies in facing the wrath and torment of

rom the moment she crossed the threshold. On her wedding day, she was forced

force strict "discipline"-forcing her to kneel on obsidian stones with heavy urns

tematically broken down until sh

r was once the Dragon King's most treasured consort, beloved t

hough Jonah's mother has been dead for years, Corr

leashed every drop of her poison onto Blaire. The Queen's relentless torment, coupled wi

a powerless, bastard-born wretch who forgot e

his fangs on me the moment he felt secure. If Blaire want

and basked in absolute power because of my mind and

rone just the same. A frail, sickly ruler who looks like he might suc

rd moon. Spring is awakening, and the hearth-flo

nts, leaving me entirely unbothered, free to

n's gaze is the heaviest. Most of the matrons and handmaids running the household were planted by her. As for His Grace, the dragonsbane poison ha

e Dragon King meaning precious as gold, flawless as jade. It is a

noncommi

ett adds, proving his unparalleled skill in espionage. "The Queen and the Heir Apparent have amassed terrifying power.The King feared that if Lord Alistair a