After my brother ran from his wedding, my father forced me to take his place and marry the feared Obsidian Dragon King.
Everyone knew I was the useless son of the Starborn—eighteen and still unable to awaken my power.
But on our wedding night, his touch awakened a royal bloodline believed extinct for a century.
I thought that finally made me worth something.
Then he put a collar around my neck and forced me to become his lover who died ten years ago.
That’s when I realized—
I wasn’t just replacing my brother.
I was replacing a dead man, too.
