Scales and Wedding Veils
Princess Esmeralda is forced into a marriage with the infamous King Julius Draven, a man whose previous eight brides all burned to death in his bridal chamber before sunrise. Sent....
Princess Esmeralda is forced into a marriage with the infamous King Julius Draven, a man whose previous eight brides all burned to death in his bridal chamber before sunrise. Sent by her manipulative uncle, who clearly wishes her dead, Esmeralda arrives at Drakhar Castle, a fortress teeming with real dragons and a king with eyes of molten gold. But a mysterious emerald necklace, a gift from her long-dead mother, ignites a pulse of green light and awakens something ancient and terrifying deep within the mountain. As the castle bells toll and the ground cracks with green fire, Julius reveals a chilling truth: her mother was the first woman the dragon tried to burn, and she survived. Now, with midnight approaching and the Dragon King's own scales appearing, Esmeralda must navigate a deadly secret and a curse that binds her to a fate far more complex than mere sacrifice. Can she survive the night, or will she become the ninth bride to turn to ash?