I Ran From the Dragon King... With His Twins

Unjustly jailed by an envious merchant, a mortal woman receives a terrifying royal ultimatum from an elder monarch: yield to the terrifying dragon lord to produce an heir or face immediate execution. Unbeknownst to the court, the young captive and the dragon ruler already share a clandestine past of romance and tender rescue before scheming rivals tore them apart. When political maneuvering forces the sovereign toward an arranged noble alliance, the expectant mother chooses liberty over palace subservience, escaping into hiding with twin offspring to keep them from being claimed as imperial property.