The Curse Dragon and The Fragile Maiden

Book DescriptionFor a thousand years, the cursed Dragon King has survived by obeying the brutal law written into his blood. When the ancient fire curse awakens, a village must offer him a virgin maiden. Within twenty days, he must complete the sacred rite and consume her life force-or his dragon heart will burn to ash. King Vaelric Drakorne has done what the curse demanded for centuries. Feared by humans and worshipped by his own people, he believes a dragon king must have a heart of stone.
Then the village sends him Elowen Mirelle. Fragile, beautiful, and unwanted by the people who should have protected her, Elowen arrives at the dragon castle expecting death. But instead of a monster, she finds a tortured king fighting the flames beneath his skin. Every day they spend together weakens his resolve. Every soft word, every act of courage, and every moment of tenderness makes it harder for him to see her as a sacrifice.
For the first time in his cursed life, Vaelric does not want to survive if survival means destroying her. Desperate to save Elowen, he turns to his trusted high priestess for another way. But jealousy has poisoned her loyalty. Secretly in love with the Dragon King, she gives him a false potion and promises Elowen will live through the rite. It is a lie. When Elowen dies in Vaelric's arms, his grief becomes dragon fire.
He destroys everything in his path, including the priestess who betrayed them. Broken by rage and sorrow, he builds Elowen a grand tomb and visits her every day with white flowers, believing the only woman he ever loved is gone forever. But Elowen's death was not the end. Hidden from the Dragon King, she awakens carrying his child-a boy with white hair, blue eyes, and fire sleeping in his small hands.
Years later, Vaelric returns to the tomb and finds a little boy playing among the graves. The child tells him his mother keeps him away from the village because she fears he might burn his playmates. And in that moment, the Dragon King realizes the grave he mourned for years was never empty of hope. It was waiting for him to find his family. The Cursed Dragon and the Fragile Maiden is a dramatic fantasy romance about survival, sacrifice, betrayal, hidden heirs, and a love powerful enough to rise from death.