Chapter 1

Our dragon clan has an ancestral rule. To avoid drawing unwanted attention, no one may reveal their name or identity.

Then a dragon woman gives birth to the first true dragon leader who commands the seas and rules all lands.

Only then can she be honored as the most noble woman, receiving the love and adoration of all.

As the first dragon woman confirmed to be pregnant, I was eager to share the good news with my husband, Kael.

To help him restore the wolf clan's prestige and finally release years of pent-up anger from being oppressed by the bear clan.

But when I returned to the familiar wolf den, I saw Kael ingratiatingly presenting a crown to Yuna of the fox clan.

The very crown I had been thinking about for three whole years, hoping to wear at our wedding ceremony.

Kael's gaze swept past me indifferently.

"Zara, your timing is perfect. I was just about to notify you to dissolve our bond."

I quietly hid the golden dragon pearl that symbolized my pregnancy in my sleeve. My throat choked up painfully.

Kael had mentioned to me many times how the fox clan was growing stronger, and that an alliance with them would surely enhance the wolf clan's reputation.

What he didn't know was that I, whom he considered a useless deer clan partner, came from a family he could never obtain in his entire lifetime.

Since he showed no consideration for our marriage, I could only steel my heart and raise the child on my own, leaving the father behind.