The dragon sacrifices were ancient, a law never to be broken and only the fairest of the village maidens were to be sacrificed. Mari was the fairest but that wasn't why she was a sacrifice. In her village girls tried to marry before twenty just so they would not be thus fated but the man Mari desired had no clue and the cruel magistrate of her village desired her. Her refusal of him led to her being spread naked on a sacrificial altar with a dragon winging its way to her. Finally able to tell the man she loved how she felt he does all he can to free or die with her. Will they be able to escape the murderous beast baring upon them?