Dragon Fight (The Dragon Queen Book 2) by Sam Hall

Author:Sam Hall [Hall, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

“So it seems that both of us are determined to break Brom’s heart today.”

I’d expected Draven to move away the moment my husband left the room. But even when Brom slammed the door shut behind him, the prince’s arms continued to rub up and down my arms, only the leather of the armour muffling that intimate gesture. But of course he pulled away: how else was he going to treat me to the sight of his ever present smirk if he didn’t?

“You asked to speak to me alone, leaving your husband out of a conversation he would dearly like to be a part of.” The prince stared at me meaningfully and I knew exactly what he was getting at. It was just like he and Brom had done to me.

“Because you’re the only one who doesn’t care at all for me,” I replied. “It means nothing to you whether or not I live or die.”

He snorted at that, shaking his head before gesturing. “Go on.”

“We need to stop reacting to what your mother is doing. Instead we need to draw her out, make her think she’s going to succeed in killing me. And she can only do that when I’m in the capital,” I said, remembering, then feeling, the intensity of the vision I’d had of the two queen dragons. “We need to force her to make a mistake, one that can be used against her to turn the people and your father against her.”

I thought of Arabella and Cecily and their increasingly reckless cruelties.

“I’ll keep a low profile.” I swallowed as I considered what I was about to suggest. “I’ll play the perfect prey. She’ll think it just dumb luck that keeps me dodging her attempts. That’ll feed her arrogance and force her to be more and more reckless. Then…”

We stared at each other, as if trying to imagine the potential outcome of my plan. I shivered, because, instead, the vision I’d had reappeared in my mind: the nesting queen dragon snapping her jaws around the neck of the invading one and tearing it out, the blood joining that of the crushed hatchlings.

“You’ve got it all worked out, have you?” I came back to the here and now at the sound of Draven’s voice, a silken rope winding tighter around my wrists. “You brought this plan to me because you knew your men would reject it outright. They wouldn’t be able to countenance the idea of you being in danger. But me…? I could. Is that what you think?”

“What does it matter to you if I live or die?” I asked, my eyes narrowing. “You let those attacks on me take place. You want—”

“Gods, woman…” The growl came from deep in his chest. Then he strode closer, matching my steps when I backed away. He caught me by the shoulders to stop me from retreating, then I felt his hands move up to grip my throat. No, not my throat, my jaw. His hands gentled as he cupped either side of my face, tilting my head back slightly so my eyes met his.

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