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I still had no idea if he was a foe or a friend, but whenever I thought of him, my heartbeat always picked up and my skin heated at the same time. That was disturbing since my mind shouldn’t have wandered to him while I already had three smoking-hot and devoted dragon princes.

Desdemona wheeled toward me, leered at me with interest. “So, tell me, Fury, or Daisy, who are you really?”

“Who I am has nothing to do with you, Desdemona,” I said in a hoarse, unpleasant voice that I didn’t bother to smooth over.

“Since you’re in my tower, you need to show me the same courtesy you showed the dragons and even the despicable Archangel,” he said.

I arched an eyebrow.

“Show me your other form,” he said, gesturing at me. “I heard you’re actually quite a beauty, and as the Lord of Vampires, I do not appreciate these three hideous beasts.”

“No wonder you never get the girl, Desdemona,” I said.

I flapped my wings, lifted myself up, and flew toward the window.

While the Vampire Lord would live alone forever, I had three princes to go to.

I phased out of the tower, my two other selves following me with shrieks.

CHAPTER 16

My two Furies slammed into me at my summoning as I dove down the open skylight in my chamber. I landed in the center of the spring pool in my naked Fae form. When I broke out of the water, Rai, Blaze, and Iokul all surrounded me.

The dragon soldiers averted their gazes, at the order of their princes.

Iokul had a robe ready in his hands and wrapped it around me. I was a bit surprised, since usually it was Rai’s role to take care of me more than the others.

But both Blaze and Rai held a towel. I got it. The three of them had rushed to pick up a robe and towels the moment they saw me change in the air.

Iokul must have thought he’d had an upper hand by selecting a robe and had the satisfaction when he’d put them around me. But now when Rai wiped my face and neck dry with the towel and Blaze worked on getting the water out of my hair, Iokul gave them a baleful look.

Blaze sent him a smug grin and nudged him away from me. “Excuse me, Iokul. Would you mind stepping aside, so I can dry Daisy’s hair nicely? We don’t want her to catch a cold.” Until he noticed Rai’s towel lingering on the swell of my exposed breasts.

“It’s time to dry her feet, Rai!” Blaze snapped.

“Indeed,” Iokul said. “Let me get her out of the water.”

Rai hurried to scoop me up before Iokul cut in. He carried me out of the pool to a corner farthest from everyone. Then he dropped to one knee, had me sit on his lap, and wrapped the towel around my feet.

Blaze and Iokul were at either side of me. Iokul tried to get the towel from Blaze, but Blaze refused, so while Blaze massaged my head, Iokul patted my face.

“Daisy isn’t a cat, Iokul,” Blaze said, annoyed.

“She likes the way I touch her.” Iokul then asked me gently, “Don’t you, honey?”

I wasn’t going to take sides.

They were all great warriors. I’d seen how lithe and powerful they were when they’d wielded their swords. But regretfully, I had to admit they were all a bit clumsy to get me dry and settle down. I bet they’d never served anyone before.

Even so, pleasure zinged on my skin wherever they touched. I had to fight hard not to purr and moan, especially when I heard hushed whispers from the men away from us. My super Fae hearing didn’t miss anything.

“She must be a dragon tamer, or a formidable witch,” Quintrell said to his companions. “My prince has never acted like that before. It’s like some frenzy seized him. I don’t even know how to rescue him anymore.”

“She might just be the one who will lift our curses,” Chiron said.

“Don’t get your hopes up yet,” someone else said. “We’ve failed for a century.”

My interest drifted away from them and their gossiping since the princes’ potent presence demanded all my attention. Their pure male scent—home and fire and storm and snow and faint pine—blanketed me like a safety net.

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