In the dark era when humanity was enslaved by alien races, young healer Seren was sold to the Black‑Moon Exchange by her foster mother to save her younger sister Mia. On the auction block, marked with the mysterious Crimson Rose sigil, she was bought for one hundred million dollars by Kael, the Dragon King afflicted with a fatal death curse. Faced with the almighty Dragon King, Seren refused to become anyone’s possession. Yet she unexpectedly discovered she was the only Dragon‑Bonded capable of transferring Kael’s Heart‑Scorch Curse.
As the curse shifted between them time and again, their fates became inextricably intertwined. Kael, a ruler long accustomed to shielding others through power, gradually learned to respect Seren’s choices. Meanwhile, amid their fight against slave trafficking and their mission to rescue Mia, Seren grew to hold feelings for him. However, everything turned out to be an elaborate plot hatched by Cyrus, a serpent‑race sorcerer. He manipulated countless people through binding command hexes and even forced Seren to assassinate Kael. Adding to the mystery, Seren’s long‑missing mother Irene was a pivotal figure who researched the secrets of the Dragon‑Bond two decades prior.
Following memories left behind by her mother, Seren uncovered that the age‑old belief claiming “Dragon‑Bonded must sacrifice themselves for the Dragon King” was nothing but a three‑hundred‑year‑old lie. The life force of every past Dragon‑Bonded had been stolen to amass power for r
