scorn to change my state

Six months ago, Dipak was arrested for a horrific crime. He should have been executed, but he's not feeling terribly grateful for the crown's mercy when he's taken to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and left to rot with only the clothes on his back and whatever he could easily carry.

Homeless, friendless, and aimless, he ventures into the Forbidden Forest on the quest for a dragon, because any person who can single-handedly fell a nigh-legendary blue dragon will be granted whatever they wish by decree of the king.

Instead of a dragon, however, Dipak finds the single most annoying man he's ever met in his life, a man who is relentlessly cheerful and carefree, who seems determined to make Dipak his friend—a man entirely too at ease in a forest that has killed thousands of people.

this is the first book of yours i’ve read because i thought it had an interesting premise! unfortunately, trying to break the curse wasn’t much the focus but rather the attraction and lust millio and solae instantly felt for each other. when chapter one ended i was excited to learn more about the curse and all solae had tried but instead we skipped ahead in time. so, i wished the book was longer to explore more and let scenes marinate. many things were perfect coincidences and everything went rather smoothly, even the ending—no consequences for the king or anything. everyone gets to live happily in the kingdom again and, while much happier, solae “had to” leave behind his home which he saved and risked his life for…

i got one question: did you ever set an approximate age for millio? i imagined him to be 35+

Thank you for giving my story a chance! I am sorry it did not meet expectations.