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At the time, she’d feared she’d have to protect herself fro They were rare, but they happened Then the Dragon Wars began A battle of dragon against dragon in pursuit of power As her mother’s champion, Bercelak led that war and she hadn’t seen hin secure And apparently, as reward for his loyal service, her mother planned to hand Bercelak her

"I’ve made up my mind We’ll have a ceremony at the next moon to celebrate your union You will attend You will look beautiful And you will let hi this I knohat you’re up to" She hated the desperation in her voice She hated her mother

When the queen only stared at her, Rhiannon continued "You fear I’ll take your throne before you’re ready to give it up You’re afraid if I mate with someone not loyal to you, I can have it alland you’ll have nothing So you hand me over to that piece of trash!"

"Why, Rhiannon That’s a horrible thing for you to believe about your loving mother"

She said it so flippantly that Rhiannon knew she’d been right Herthe other dragons and in court She feared her Magick skills, still weak, but growing excessively--and surprisingly--strong

Herto hand Rhiannon off like a hu her, Rhiannon lashed out at her uards, who protected the queen’s life as if it were their very oere there before her forearm barely left her side They shoved her back Her! A princess!

"You’ll not do this to me, you old whore!" she screaer The hurt and pain eating away at her like a parasite "I’ll take your throneI’ll take your power and your treasure! And I’ll leave you to rot!"

Cold, crystal blue eyes stared at her and she knew she’d never find ret this, little bitch"

"Go to hell"

Rhiannon took several steps back until she stood a good distance frouards of hers Then she turned and stor But she would

Bercelak the Great, Dragonwarrior of the Dragon Queen Throne, Ninth Born Son of Ailean the Slag, Ruling Coon Queen’s Arrown up in Unlike ons, his first hoh the halls, nodding in greeting to hishimself, there were fifteen of the Before entering his father’s hoarb His father, Ailean, insisted on it For reasons unknown to any of the human Not for part of the time, like some of his kin and, at times, even hiht or to fly somewhere quickly