For a hundred years, the Kingdom of Aeloria and the Dragon Realm of Drakaris have lived in fear of each other.To prevent another war, Princess Elara is forced into a marriage with the one creature humans fear the most—Prince Kael, heir to the dragons.Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.Kael makes it clear that he does not want a human bride.And Elara vows she will survive this marriage long enough to return home once the treaty is fulfilled.But everything changes the night Kael loses control of his dragon form.His fire destroys everything it touches…except her.When Elara’s touch calms the dragon inside him, an ancient bond awakens—one that ties her fate to his and marks her as the only one who can save him from a deathly curse.Now Kael wants more than a political marriage.He wants her—her power, her heart, her body, her destiny.But enemies rise in both kingdoms, and a prophecy whispers a cruel truth:“The human bride will either destroy the dragons…or become their queen.”Caught between war, magic, and a forbidden love that burns hotter than dragonfire,Elara must decide:Will she run from her fate—or claim the heart of the dragon prince who was never meant to love her?