After Teaching a True Dragon to Court

Young researcher Isla meets dragon Opal on the Emerald Sky‑Isles. She teaches him courtship rituals for her thesis, unaware he is a mate‑imprisoning Nidhogg. He captures her, ruins her ship, implants a dragon pearl and chains her in his lair.A dream recovers her forgotten childhood promise to him. She falls for him and bears his egg. When Opal releases her, her professor traps him. Heartbroken, he thinks she betrayed him; Isla must prove her true love.