Crowned in Dragonfire

On the night Crown Prince Cassian marries another woman, his new bride demands the ultimate proof of devotion: he must drink a poison that will end his bloodline forever. But Elara Veyne—the disgraced daughter of the imprisoned Royal Astronomer—knows the poison will not take full effect until dawn. Once Cassian's intended bride and now a servant in his palace, she offers him one final bargain: give Valedorn an heir, and grant her father a new hearing. One month later, Cassian is sterile—and Elara is carrying the kingdom's only Crownmarked child. The court calls her a schemer. Dragonfire names her something else. As ancient magic awakens around the unborn heir, Elara discovers that Crown Princess Celeste did not simply cross worlds to find true love. She brought a hidden power with her—one that feeds whenever a prince chooses desire over duty. Now Celeste wants Elara's child, Cassian wants the truth buried, and the kingdom itself is beginning to bleed. To save her father, her baby, and a crown that may already be cursed, Elara must turn every humiliation into evidence—and survive the royal family determined to erase her.