All Chapters of The Dragon Queen: Runaway Bride : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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The Girl The Dragons chose

By morning, the whole palace already knew what happened. Servants whispered whenever I walked by. Guards gave me weird looks, like they couldn’t decide if they should run or bow. Even the maids went quiet when my name came up.“The outsider girl.” “The dragon actually chose her.” “It’s gotta be a bad sign.”I heard every rumor floating around. Some people sounded scared. Others sounded amazed. Honestly, I didn’t know which one got under my skin more.I kept my head high and walked those halls anyway, pretending the stares didn’t get to me. But deep down, every look felt heavier than before. *What if they’re right about me? What if I really am some kind of walking trouble?* The thought sat cold in my stomach.When I stepped into the dining hall, every conversation died instantly. Not a slow quiet, total silence. It hit so hard I almost stopped in the doorway.Estevan leaned back with his usual grin. “Well, this got awkward real fast.” Maria kicked him under the table. “What?” h

The Forbidden Bond

“Why is my life getting this complicated?” I said out loud.I barely slept that night because every single time I closed my eyes, I saw the dragon again. I saw the way it lowered its head to me like I wasn’t a threat, and I kept remembering the strange feeling that rushed through my chest when it looked at me. Then Valdanus’ voice would replay in my head all over again asking me the same question.“What are you?”By morning, my entire body felt tired. I avoided everyone during breakfast because I didn’t feel like talking, and honestly, I didn’t even know what I would say if someone asked me what was wrong. Maria kept staring at me suspiciously while eating, but I ignored her and focused on pushing food around my plate instead. The whispers around the palace were already getting worse, and I could feel people staring every time I walked past them.It made me want to disappear. Unfortunately, I still had training with Valdanus. The moment I stepped into the training grounds, he crossed

A Language of Strangers

Maria’s POV Living in Scorish would have been much easier if these people simply spoke normal words.At this point, I was honestly convinced their language existed only to embarrass me personally because every single time I tried speaking to a servant, something went wrong. The worst part was that they always looked so confident afterward while I stood there confused and suffering.That morning was already terrible enough. I had only wanted water.Simple water.Instead, after confidently repeating the one Scorish word Estevan taught me the previous evening, a servant bowed politely and returned carrying an entire bowl of hot soup. I stared at the bowl. Then at the servant. Then back at the bowl again.“…What is this?”The servant smiled proudly. “Soup.”“I can see that.”Pandora nearly choked trying not to laugh beside me while I looked personally betrayed by existence itself. “Maybe the soup is secretly water,” she suggested unhelpfully.“It smells like onions.”That finally made he

The Festival of Flames

The palace felt completely different the next morning. From the moment I woke up, I could hear music echoing through the halls and people rushing around excitedly outside. Servants carried colorful fabrics everywhere while guards who normally looked serious were actually smiling for once.Even the air felt happier. Maria burst into my room without knocking like usual. “Pandora, you need to get dressed immediately,” she announced dramatically.I blinked at her sleepily. “Why are you yelling?”“Because today is apparently the biggest celebration in Scorath and I already saw someone breathing fire outside.”That woke me up instantly. An hour later, Maria and I followed the palace servants through the busy streets of the capital while trying to take everything in at once. Everywhere I looked, the city was covered in color and light.Lanterns hung above the streets in long glowing lines. Children ran around laughing with painted dragon scales across their cheeks while musicians played loud

Hearts Growing Dangerous

‎‎Maria's POV‎‎Something was definitely wrong with Pandora. Not that kind of bad wrong..it was worse...more like happy wrong.‎‎I noticed it the morning after the festival when she walked into breakfast looking calmer than I had seen her in months. She still carried sadness sometimes, but now there were moments where it disappeared completely without her realizing.‎‎Also, Valdanus was always nearby whenever it happened. Unfortunately, the rest of the palace noticed too. People whispered constantly now whenever Pandora entered a room, and servants suddenly became very interested in pretending not to stare at her. The rumors had spread so badly that even I was hearing new versions every day.‎‎The dragon trusted Pandora.‎The prince favored Pandora.‎The outsider girl was changing him.‎‎Some people sounded curious about it. Others sounded angry. I noticed the nobles most of all because unlike the servants or guards, they didn’t even try hiding their expressions anymore. Every t

The Crown’s Demand

‎‎Back To Pandora's POV‎‎Something changed in the palace overnight. I noticed it the moment I stepped into the hallway the next morning because the entire atmosphere was tense. The servants moved faster and spoke quieter while guards stood straighter than usual like they were expecting trouble.‎‎By breakfast, the palace was already crowded with unfamiliar nobles arriving from different regions of Scorath. And also sorry, I'm sure you've noticed I've been using the word 'Scorath' lately. Well Scorath is the sub name used for the kingdom Scorish. Back to our story. ‎‎Expensive carriages filled the front courtyard while banners from powerful dragon families hung along the palace walls.‎‎Maria looked around while sitting beside me. “This feels awkward...I don't like it,” she muttered.‎‎“Neither do I.”‎‎One of the nearby servants hurried past our table carrying documents, and another servant immediately grabbed his arm anxiously. “Did you hear?” the woman whispered.‎‎“The ki

What He Couldn’t Say

My chest almost stopped working the second I saw Valdanus standing there.The dragon grounds felt too quiet, too open, too exposed. I wiped my face quickly and stepped back from the dragon like that would somehow erase everything he just heard.Valdanus kept his eyes on me. He didn't look judging, nor confused.Just watching me in that way he always did when he knew I was hiding something.“I’m fine,” I said before he could speak.His expression changed. “You’re guilty of something, that's why you're crying.”“I said I’m fine.”“And I said you’re crying.”I looked away because hearing him say it out loud made the tight feeling in my chest worse. Behind me, the dragon stayed close, its golden eyes moving between both of us like it understood more than either of us wanted.Valdanus walked toward me across the stone grounds. I hated how my heart reacted to that. The closer he got, the harder it became to pretend I wasn’t falling apart inside. He stopped a short distance away, close enoug

The Lady of Ice

The palace did not stop talking about Elizabeth Ravaryn after her arrival. By morning, every servant, guard, and noble in Scorath seemed to have something to say about her beauty, her family, or her dragon. Maria looked ready to lose her mind after hearing the same conversation six times before breakfast.“If I hear the words graceful noble lady one more time, I’m jumping into a river,” she muttered while dragging butter across her bread aggressively.I almost smiled at that. The truth was, Elizabeth fit into the palace perfectly already. She moved through the halls like she had lived there her entire life, greeting nobles with easy confidence while servants rushed to accommodate her. Even her voice carried that polished calm noblewomen were taught from childhood.Nothing about her felt awkward.Nothing about her felt uncertain. And standing near her made me painfully aware of how out of place I looked here. Maria noticed me staring toward the palace doors where Elizabeth stood speakin

The Race Beneath the Sky

Elizabeth Ravaryn settled into palace life easily. Within days, it became impossible to walk through the halls without seeing her beside Valdanus somehow. Breakfast meetings. Garden walks. Council dinners. Training observations. She was always there. The nobles loved it. Of course they did.Elizabeth looked exactly like the future queen they wanted standing beside their prince. She understood palace customs, knew how to speak to nobles without offending anyone, and carried herself with the kind of confidence people respected.Meanwhile, I still forgot which fork belonged to which meal. Maria noticed my mood getting worse almost.“You’re glaring at bread again,” she said during breakfast.“I’m not glaring.”“You look one bad conversation away from declaring war on pastries.”I sighed and dropped the piece of bread back onto my plate. Across the dining hall, Elizabeth sat beside Valdanus while several nobles spoke with them about dragon territories in the north.She laughed at something

Poisoned Words

Hi there my wonderful readers…Before I continue, I do apologise that I switch alot to Maria's POV. I haven't added Valdanus’s or Estevan’s but….that would be very soon. That is if you guys would love it. I would like your take on it. Anyways, back to our story🤗.Maria's POV Life inside the palace had become strange. Every day brought new rumors, new whispers, and new people staring at Pandora like she carried answers nobody understood. I tried pretending it didn’t bother me, but honestly, the attention around her kept growing bigger and heavier.Even we spent less time together now. Pandora trained most mornings with Valdanus or disappeared toward the dragon grounds whenever her thoughts became too loud. By the time she returned to our rooms at night, she looked exhausted in a way sleep never seemed to fix.I missed her. One afternoon, I sat near the palace kitchens helping a group of servants fold festival fabrics while listening to their endless gossip. Apparently, nobles from the

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