"After seven years of devoted love wasted, Elara, the Star Mage, was used as a wager by her fiancé Byron on the eve of their soul‑binding ritual. To please a scheming half‑breed handmaiden, Byron cruelly tampered with the soul contract, replacing the groom with his infamous “invalid” uncle — Valerius, the Black Dragon Lord, who was rumoured to be crippled by a curse. Faced with such betrayal, Elara shed no tears nor tantrums. She signed the contract resolutely and became the scoundrel’s aunt! At the binding ceremony, Byron came to his senses too late and tried to steal her away, only to be instantly crushed beneath Valerius’s terrifying Alpha aura. On their wedding night, the so‑called invalid not only stood tall and powerful but also marked her completely with searing black‑dragon flames. As Elara’s star magic healed the Black Dragon’s cursed broken body, the once‑arrogant scoundrel could do nothing but kneel in the mire, gazing upward in despair. The swapped betrothal bloomed into fa
