The Dragon King's Chosen Bride

rself in her silvery voice, her blue eyes on the

dust, making the letters

n blew the dust off the book

d the name of the author to hers

because the author actually en

one of the seven villages that made up the the mighty Kin

Chosing Ritual, as the rules had demanded, and

she had writ

she had been. But then she got chosen at 25, and people threw the books out their wind

ght she would be the last bride but no! Something unknown had gone awfully wro

the smallest and seventh village in Ignas

put the book back in its place. She

through some, reading their titles and seeing

remember. Each year, every lady between the ages of 18 and 27, who

otential Brides, they would leave with him to the cas

r days in the castle, while the one who had been chosen as th

he fed them to his dragon. Many people came up with

, go

those brides or why the Choosing Ritual existed to beg

ought against him, no matter how slightly,

d that the Dragon

not, no

suspected that he hid it away because it was hi

held the

sun was no longer brightly peeping through the window, b

that she could even hear th

getting tired from all the searching,

ded to rest bu

e Choosing Ritual wou

with their families but they couldn't. The Dragon King's guards would hunt them down and dr

absolutely exhausted. She heard the low

ating regularly but how could she ea

ays, she would no longer be qualified to be presen

h

would be get

ach fluttered with butterflies

ti

man in Inaymi and th

stand

uld ever want in a man. He was also the first son of th

, she wondered why

respect and love for him. So much respect and

ause of anything she did but just because of how she would think.

went through shelves and shelves of the library in her long blue tent gown. She was slim

io said, he love

ad nothing to

erself though, she was here slav

ed. She was obviously qualified for the Choosing Ritual and t

reparations had also been doing that, it was mostly her worry for her

ter out of the wretched Possible Potential's list w

rnestly that her sister woul

a book that could, perhaps, help Aniya. Sa

She got to the door quickly, t

e of the librarian stopped her from p

, who was sitting at his table, a la

ow." Her voice was gentle and

r weird at all. In fact, the only people that thought her wei

l wante

ested on the bridge of his straight, long nose. Tha

search the reg

cused on h

y, thank you so much

to you to

Belladonna

*

and the big beautiful moon.

illed the air. The lit lanterns placed on the tables and hung on stalls, the market women and men as they go about

d her way through the crowd, t

sing Ritual was, the more tense the villagers became. Right now, maj

ple on her way here, there was

morrow. Hers and Lytio's family were so prepared,

, she g

he door but she

hat her family w

door and it sli

arted hammer

articular about having th

round quickly to see yellow light seepi

he hea

led

e got, the lo

ts of a man and high pi

iy

e in d

e listened carefully then realize

ut a

n't process wh

gu

shed the door open quick

moans of these two naked people rough