Pregnant ?with the Dragon  ^Lor= d’s La,s*t Heir

Lai@.%l:/a,* a destitute widow, is forced off %a cliff by the#- tyrannical Gov=ernor Bar.r:%ow—on
\@ly to fa` .ll into%# ] :th:+e sacred %]$drag;on realm.  The@re , she spends
% o `=\ne fateful nigh[_t wit^\h(( King Kael, a :drag $%on sove/r//e+`ign bound% ,+) b$.y a dead_@)ly cur#se that b])urns any (!,woman he ] touch,es. Ten mon*^%ths lat)e/^r, she gives birth to a roya$^-(l dr!agon egg. Hunted by *$Barrow.[ ,) she ;? desperately entrusts t@=he egg !to t`he dragon #@$clan. When !the temple [issu!_`e *_s ,)a *\*:de/$]cree%* s+eeking one who#!$ can hatch the egg, Lail# a tear([
s down ,=-the royal notic%_e and st],#e =ps forward. /? Despite sc;*orn a)\nd^*: \ humilia\ti:*on from ?the noble`s, she reu;:nite.]`/s wit*`h%@ Kae_%l. In the end, i- t^ i./ [s `.=@her unco nditiona[;l mother's love that a=;(/wakens th e dying egg—and [ a p enn\i#!less commoner beco[ ,mes the mot;]h[
er o
_-)f the ^^=dragon clan's sole / :h%`eir.