The Dragon(\, Ki$.ng’s Slave(; Mate

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abused village. girl, is@== seized(- by Dragon Ki%#ng[_ Alarik,[%( whose touch trigge?/rs an unp)receden t_ed Mar!-k binding ?+them as %mate@!s. ,A )?#larik hides their b*#`%o?%nd behind) a sl\!ave(* collar.?@ `
\Amid Xande-r's sus@,pic`*ion a?nd Ce:leste'$`s *_sc$ @hemes, *\$#S_,-a;_ria @,` su=$)rvives #_.a _ slave_]# h*#unt and discovers s!h-/(!`e ca.-n bend./ dragon!] fire. Alarik reveals his de-$ath cu:\^rse: on!e mo%:nth) to liv%%e. [(Xand er ;!e-_-xposes the Mar k and attack] s; Saria %chan _%nels blue fire .?to destro  y him.[. Th ::eir f, =irst kiss seals the bond, but_?( Cel\,*e,*ste offers silence at an unnamed
co*`st.