The Dragon's Claim
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She was promised to the gods.
He was cursed by them.
Elira Solenya has lived her whole life as the Maiden of Light - a girl destined for sacrifice, bound by chains of prophecy she never chose. The villagers worship her, the priests hunt her, and the gods wait for the day they can claim her soul.
But someone else is waiting, too.
Kaelith Draven, the Dragon Lord, has walked the earth for centuries, cursed in human flesh with fire burning in his veins. Feared, hated, hunted - yet bound by prophecy to the one thing the gods have forbidden him: the Maiden herself.
When fate draws them together, Elira must choose:
Obey the gods and lose herself...
Or surrender to the fire and belong to the dragon.
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