Silver and Gold: A Beauty the Beast Retelling

He needs me to survive. I need him to stay human.The Dragon Lord made me an offer I couldn't refuse: marry him, stabilize his curse with my forbidden gift, and walk away with enough gold to save my family. Simple. Transactional. Safe.Except nothing about Stormgarde Manor is safe. The crumbling estate clings to the cliffs above a churning sea, and its walls breathe with a magic older than its master.The house shifts and listens. The Lord's control is razor-thin. And every time I touch him to quiet the beast beneath his skin, the heat between us threatens to burn through every wall he's built.He's cold. Magnetic. Dangerous up close.And someone in this manor wants me dead.I came here to heal a dragon.I'm falling for the man beneath the scales.And when he finally stops fighting what we are? We might burn the whole world down.Silver and Gold is a dark and steamy Beauty and the Beast retelling with forced marriage, enemies-to-lovers tension, and a morally gray hero on the edge of losing control. Slow-burn heat that turns explosive. First in a series of interconnected standalones.