The Dragon Lord's Daughters by Bertrice Small

Author:Bertrice Small
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“He should be mine, old woman! Why is it that Emrys cannot see that I love him?” demanded the beautiful girl with the sable hair.

“Be silent, Morgant!” Drysi said sharply. “It has never been your fate to wed with the Lord of the Lake. Why do you persist in this quest?”

“My blood is every bit as good as hers is,” Morgant replied angrily.

“Your blood is curst, girl, and you know it!” Drysi replied. “You descend from Mordred, who betrayed Arthur.”

“Did not Lancelot betray Arthur as well?” Morgant said slyly.

“Aye, he did, and he lived to bitterly regret his actions. He tried to attone for them. Mordred neither regretted what he did, nor did he repent of his wickedness,” Drysi answered her companion.

“Mordred was Arthur’s son, and so I descend from Arthur too,” Morgant said.

“The Lord of the Lake loves his wife. But more important, she loves him. She will be tested soon, and when her love is proven, the curse will finally be broken on Lancelot’s descendants,” Drysi said.

“But then everything will change for us,” Morgant replied. “I do not want things to change, old woman!”

“Change is the natural order, child,” Drysi responded.

“Perhaps she will fail the test,” Morgant said slyly. “Or perhaps she will die like the other two.”

“You think I do not know what you did?” Drysi said.

“But you kept silent, old woman,” Morgant murmured low.

“The other two were not worthy of him, and they did not love him completely. The lady Maia does. Let it be, Morgant, or I will tell the lord what you have done.”

“I wish I were all fairy, and not half-human,” Morgant whined.

“You are what you are,” Drysi said. “But remember I hold a certain amount of power in this house. Behave yourself or I will see you punished.”

“I hate you!” Morgant said fiercely.

“I know,” Drysi replied with a wicked smile. “Now go, for your puling complaints are beginning to bore me.”

Morgant slammed from the old woman’s tower apartment.

“She is dangerous, mistress,” Drysi’s servant, Efa, said. “Why do you not have the lord send her from Ile du Lac?”

“I should have to tell him why I was asking such a favor,” Drysi responded. “I made a great mistake when I did not tell Emrys that Morgant killed his first two wives. Now I am afraid to say it lest I lose his love. I have never before betrayed him. I pray that the Lady tests this new bride, and she proves worthy, before Morgant can cause any more difficulty. If the curse is lifted, then the lord will send Morgant into one of the two worlds where she must remain. She longs to be all fairy, and he knows it.”

“You should tell him, mistress. He would forgive you. You are old, and made an error in judgement. The lord loves you as he would his mother.”

“I cannot,” Drysi said. “I am truly afraid that he would not forgive me.”

Efa sighed. “Then at least warn our master that Morgant longs for him, and is jealous of the young mistress,” she suggested.

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