Page 62 of The Forbidden Dragon King
Daire’s lips curl into a smile. “You taste as intoxicating as you smell.”
I whimper.
His smile widens.
The Alphahole knows the impact that he’s having on me.I’m going to need to watch that.
Suddenly, his words hit me through the haze.
…hunted and caught…
“I came here to work out how to rescue you.” I wrench my hand back and leap to my feet.
Frantically, I scrape my hands over the front of the cage, searching for the door. I don’t know whether there will be an obvious lock, but there aren’t many I can’t pick.
Everybody should have a hobby.
“I’ve never been the Alpha damsel before. This is fun.” Daire sprawls onto his back, watching me. “What are you doing?”
“Trying to find the door.”
“There isn’t one. It’s sealed by magic.”
“Fuck.” I slump against the bars.
What am I going to do?
“I wouldn’t run anyway.” Daire cards his fingers through his curls. “I made a deal with that bloody tyrant Aurelius to save the lives of my remaining army. I had tomake sure that they were kept alive and allowed to work as free mercenaries, rather than pets. My soldiers are like brothers and sisters to me. I would have taken any deal for them.”
My heart sinks.
I clasp the bars hard enough for my knuckles to turn white.
I can’t run now either. My plan is fucked. I will be killed if I return to Fang Kingdom. I was meant to be finding refuge in the Unseelie Kingdom. But Aurelius conquered them.
Now, Daire is here, real and not dreamed.
We’re pets and equals, rather than king and subject.
Daire is hurting and alone. Except, as two parts of the same soul, we’ve found each other in the midst of an enemy camp.
What will Aurelius do to us both, when he sees the snowflake bond mark?
My throat is dry.
Yet my soul is bound to Daire’s willingly. I have been abandoned enough times by other people. I won’t do it to him, no matter if it means facing the terrifying Shadow Dragon capital together.
“What deal?” I ask.
“ToserveAurelius.” Daire looks up at me with a sly grin.
I tilt my head.
I came here to make a deal, what if I just change the terms…?
“That deal,” I smirk, “how about if you alsoserveme?”
Daire’s grin widens, becoming seductive.
