“Congratulations, my dear,” Lady Ruby of the Chrone Dragon Clan says to me as her bony arms embrace me.
Yuck!
I put on the fake smile that I have perfected and say, “Thank you, Lady Ruby. I appreciate you coming this evening, to take part in our joyous news.” I lie easily.
Bitch, just came to eat. By how fat she is, I am almost positive of it.
The line of dragon leaders and clan members seems endless, but finally, it’s over and I can sit back down at our table, next to my future husband.
Husband.
Right.
Prince Viktor is such an arrogant ass. I should be a f*****g queen, not a princess. I should have jumped the Dragon King when his useless wife died. That was the plan after our warlock’s poisons killed off Viktor’s stupid mother, Father was grooming me to be his queen when I came o
