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He pulled away, letting his hands slowly fall away froive to be able to rip that dress off her body and take her until the two suns roseseveral weeks froht or a few days This game they played was for the rest of their lives Winner take all

His heart belonged to this dragoness, whether she wanted it or not

And she damn well better want it

Chapter 5

"So how’s your mother?"

The entire table froze, all eyes not on Ailean or Rhiannon, but on Bercelak’s mother, Shalin, who’d asked the question

Rhiannon cleared her throat "She’s fine Although I pray for her death every night, mistress"

Well, that refocused everyone’s attention back on her

"Should we guess you’re not close to your mother then?" Ghleanna asked as she expertly used the hu, Rhiannon wished she could just pick the ers, but decorum instructed she follow the lead of those whose den it was

"She detests the ground I walk on But it’s a mutual dislike"

"She fears your power," Maelona offered as she kindly showed Rhiannon which utensils to use without letting on to the rest of the a small nod of thanks, Rhiannon followed her exa compared to hers And she knows it" She cut the

"You’re incorrect," Shalin said softly "You have ick’s all around you I can see it"

Rhiannon chewed on her food She found herself enjoying these cooked meats almost as much as the raw stuff she norh not the sobbing

After sing, Rhiannon said, "I was just discussing this with your daughters I’ve had many teachers, mistress And all of them said I was quite the sad failure"

Ghleanna swirled her wine-filled goblet while one foot rested up on the chair, the hand holding the goblet braced against it "I’ve thought about this a bit since we spoke, Princess And I think they lied to you"

Rhiannon’s eyes looked up at the fe across fro dresses or any other hus She wore black breeches, black shirt, and high black boots She kept her thick hair short, which Rhiannon had never seen before on a dragon

"Why do you say that?"

"You’re a white dragon The power you have was born within you Like the barbarian Kyvitches from the north or the Nolitches froh your veins and nothing your ood"

Rhiannon sed another bit of beef "Then why are ? Why can I do so little?"

"It took ured it out When you trained you were always dragon, weren’t you?"