Never Mock a Crippled Dragon

For three years, humble village girl Elena has devoted herself to caring for Ryan, a paralyzed, comatose stranger she saved in the frozen borderlands. She sacrifices her family’s farm to afford his sacred medicine, enduring scorn from her greedy, spiteful relatives. When arrogant noble heir Julian storms in to force Elena into marriage and taunts Ryan as a worthless cripple, Ryan awakens with blazing golden dragon pupils—unveiling himself as the long-lost ducal heir and son of the Black Dragon Emperor. The villains summon the ruthless Drake Legion to crush them, but their rampage collapses when Emperor Ignis descends with his imperial army to deliver brutal, satisfying justice.