Destiny Of The Dragon Prince (Royal Dragons Book 1) by Selina Coffey

Author:Selina Coffey [Coffey, Selina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lovy Books
Published: 2018-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

19

Malcolm

I spent two days in a stupor of agony. The injection burned like acid as it coursed through my veins. My father left me to scream the pain away. He did not come near me in that time. He left me, breaking and broken.

Arista was gone, and I knew she must be safe because I didn’t feel a parting from her. I could still feel her as part of my soul, so I knew the injection hadn’t worked. Father may have dreamed of freeing me from my mating but it was still only a dream.

When the screaming stopped, I was brought food and fresh clothing, but I was still a prisoner. I was his prisoner again. I didn’t want his kingdom at all now, I just wanted my mate and our child, and to be left in peace. I didn’t really want to be king, as I’d told Arista. If being king drives you to torture your child, it was a hell I didn’t want to know.

It was weeks before my father came to see me at last, and he made the mistake of coming into my cell. I launched myself at him with an angry scream of rage. My hands went directly around his throat, squeezing and crushing the life from him. He’d tried to steal my life, Arista's life, and the life of my child; he was no longer my father. He was my Tormentor.

My father was not an old man for his age, he was still young for a dragon. He was king because he was the strongest of us all. It didn't take much for him to fend me off, despite my size and my training. I'd seen a flash of fear in his eyes though, and I think the fact that I attacked him—that his child attacked him—finally broke through his prejudice.

“It didn't work then?” He sank down against the wall of my prison, and I knew he felt defeated.

“Not that I know of. You did keep forgetting the one truth in all of this. The one thing I kept trying to tell you. I love her and that goes well beyond even the mating bond. Even if you broke our bond, you couldn’t destroy the fact we love each other.”

“I suppose I couldn't,” he said with his head against the wall, his eyes closed. “I tried but it wasn't out of spite. I only wanted to protect you.”

“There comes a time when you have to let go of your children, that time should have been before you had us put in prison, but now would work as well. You're never going to win, Father, you can't destroy what we have.”

“Then go, son.” His voice was tired, as broken as I’d felt in the past. “I only wanted what was best for you.”

“That wasn't good enough, Father. That's not good enough now. It isn’t enough to explain what you've done to us. You have to look inside yourself to find the right answer. It's not just their world that is changing, our world is changing too.

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