Abandoned, I Tu?r_+ne(,d and Married, th]]/e Evil Dragon

Set in .)=a medieval c.[[;i  (ty‑state,/
Princ^ ess L`/,iora, #, ^!the s`econd -princess, [is deeply in l]ove(^^ with Ron, her@]
p @*=ersonal kni_;).gh-]:)t) whom she ^%+[has promot_%ed. Yet% *Ron is head‑over‑heels,- for S-?`erap_=hina, the `arro^[gan -t an*%*d j;ealo)us] elder prin:cess. After all !!_her devotion goes ;-unrequi_?ted-_, @Liora sees through #the holl;(ow love and family affectio(_n in! the ro[yal palace. She volunteers to ta`+*.ke :!her elder si.ste![)r’s #?;$place an$.d\# become the sacrificial: b,ri %de bound by  contr,act to the evil dra! +#gon. Her sel/$fis;h father, the  king, is sec:ret,ly] de%+`l((ighted [an+@d s `ends her` off to; this fate.#
[;Liora/=; termina\te`s her  knight‑ :bo?/^;nd ]/wit h Ron a,\n?d gives[)= him )^to .;Serap#=hina, cu:;tting o) (ff all her old feelings. ^ When the sac ,rificia!l b*^u]]g)le-;s blare, Ron is horri \fi* ed to fin?.$`d that it is Liora heading) f $,-or the d:
rag(^on’s lair\,= - consumed by \?r%egret. :The fero@cious‑`l =ege]n
dary dragon Kaelio+n -is actually the Sun G[o _d cu^`rsed/)` by a dar/[ =k witch, and he/. )f ^(all/s for Liora:# at first si+ght.
(!Leavin`g the cold‑h +?ea/.rted city‑state b* eh!i\`@,n#);d, Liora embark#s on a brand‑ne^w li(*f;)e wit)_*_h ?+the c_ ;:ursed[ drago\n. Those?!$ who on_-ce hurt her wi ,ll even tually taste the=:. pain of loss.