Forced

When Blaze heard her reasoning to participate in the bridal run, he was convinced.

These kinds of things always happen around here. Not many, but a few here and there. Brides who are not yet ready to get married will be forced by their parents, either for the greed of money or for the status in society. They might even force their daughters to give them a good future. 

But whatever the reason is, every year a bride or two would be forced to participate in these runs. But usually, they would not be claimed by dragons.

Only willing females would be claimed. The Dragons can sense their hesitation even before the run could begin, they make it a point not to go after unwilling females.

But his case is different. He got this urgent need to claim her as his. As soon as he saw her that night, that's the only thing that ran in his mind.

But now, listening to everything she just said, he does not regret claiming her as his. She belongs to him. He will make h