Claimed by Fire and Claw

Episode 1

Lina is supposed to be tomorrow's offering, but she's running. She whispers that Simon promised to meet her and hide her so she won't be the dragon's sacrifice. Instead of Simon, she stumbles into a cave and finds the cursed Dragon King, Dorian. He warns her not to touch him or even look at him, but it's already too late. "From this breath onward, you are mine to touch," he tells her. The heat between them is overwhelming, and one wild night changes everything between a marked mortal and a cursed king.

Episode 2

Lina wakes stunned: it wasn't Simon last night. How did this happen, and how can she face her fiancé now? Simon claims he tried to reach the cave but the village mob was prowling the woods, so he couldn't risk leading them to her. He hands her a drink and urges them to leave before they're tracked down. Then the scene turns cold: an auctioneer's voice calls out, "Forty silvers for this maid. Hurry up. Bring the next one." Lina has walked straight from a dragon's cave into a trap.

Episode 3

Lina is bound by magic and pleads for Simon's release, insisting the idea to flee was hers and he's innocent. Celine's mocking answer cuts deep: who does Lina think sold her here? The betrayal lands — Simon sold her. Celine calls her a pathetic, powerless freak and sneers that her hideous face turns stomachs, boasting she's highborn, flawless, and the most powerful witch in the coven. Then a strange voice speaks of a soulbond forged in dragon fire and sealed by blood, asking, "What you feel, I feel."

Episode 4

The cruelty escalates. Lina reminds Simon she took him in when he had nothing, that they swore vows the moment she joined the coven — was it all a lie? He mocks her scales, calling her a rotting reptile no leper would touch. Celine pushes her to join the coven, and Lina fires back that she didn't choose this face, her dreams hurt no one, and that gives them no right to betray her, drug her, and sell her to the black market like a slave. They tell her filth has no voice — then move to expose her.

Episode 5

The auction crowd recoils at Lina's face, and the bidding crawls: one gold piece, then one silver, then a sneering three coppers at most, since she's the virgin meant for the dragon sacrifice. Lina insists she is no slave to be sold. Celine twists the knife, saying she despises Lina because she's exactly like her dead mother — blind and useless — and that she lost the high witch title. Lina warns her to keep her mother's name out of her foul mouth. Celine taunts that even Lina's betrothed is hers now.

Episode 6

The auction explodes. A bidder throws down ten gold pieces, then fifty, shoving others out of the way — "She's mine." Gasps ripple through the crowd as Lina's face is suddenly revealed transformed. "She's stunning." The bidders who mocked her are stunned silent, and the price keeps climbing. One hundred gold. The girl is claimed again, but this time the crowd's hunger has turned to awe and greed. Lina, still fighting, tells them to get away from her. Whatever changed her face, it has changed the whole room.

Episode 7

A buyer leans in with a vile promise: he's never tasted a beauty like Lina, and she'll make a fine plaything. Lina threatens him right back, swearing he'll pay for this. He demands to see the merchandise immediately — to make everyone see what's beneath her dress. The crowd's appetite turns ugly. Lina tries to back away, but a voice cuts through, calling her name: where does she think she's going? The auction is no longer about silver. It's about who gets to own her, and she's running out of room.

Episode 8

Celine tells Lina to enjoy the show, and a man orders her to halt — she doesn't get to run from her master. Lina struggles as he gloats that a little potion cost him a fortune, just the thing for a stubborn wench like her. He vows to break her in front of the whole crowd so she learns what paying means. Lina's hope nearly breaks: "No, I can't end like this. Someone please." Then the air shifts. A voice asks what's happening — and a threat lands like a blade: "Touch her and you die."

Lina's story only gets wilder from here — follow along and see who dares to claim her next.