THE TRIBUTE QUEEN OF THE DRAGON KING
They say I killed my father.
They say I ordered my maid, my dearest friend, to poison him.
They say she confessed before taking her own life.
Lies.
The real murderer stands before me, weaving her web of deception and has the entire Royal court in her grasp.
Queen Andessa, my wicked stepmother.
My father’s killer.
She has stripped me of my title, my crown, my very birthright, and has offered me up as a tribute to the Dragon King of Drakarith.
A mercy punishment, she calls it.
But I am not broken.
She thinks she has won. That I will succumb to defeat and forget who I am.
But she's wrong.
I am Dahlia Rhadaya Balerion, the rightful Queen of Velmira.
And I will return to reclaim what is mine and rip out Velmira's corruption by its roots.
Starting with Andessa's rotten fertilized eggs.
My callous step-siblings.
Velmira is my home, my kingdom, and I will not let it rot under the rule of vipers.
But reclaiming what is mine will not be easy, especially trying to achieve that from the dragon lands of Drakarith, under the watchful vigilance of Azraelyrs, a dragon king I have heard rumors about his cold-heartedness and rules with an iron fist.
To survive, I must play the game of seduction and manipulation against my enemies.
To win, I must be sharper, stronger, and more ruthless than I have never been before in my life.
Let the games begin.