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Leaning forward now that Ailean had maneuvered the female directly in front of her, Rhiannon whispered, "Why, htly in both hands, Rhiannon wrapped the heavy silver around her uards attacked immediately but Ailean shifted and he and Bercelak faced theether

Flames rose up fro nearly the same spell Addiena used on Rhiannon, Shalin imbued the chain so that the bitch couldn’t shift

Her ht she put up, clawing at her daughter’s arhting dragons and over to a corner "Come, mother, let us discuss this in private"

Bercelak had to hand it to his father The old if he set hisshot that Ailean would still be able to affect the queen as he once did But he did all he’d prootten Addiena to shift to huh to Rhiannon so that she could use the chain his

When hisords of "a plan," Bercelak had felt a little wary Left to their own devices, who knehat crazy nonsense his kin would coht, "Seecrazy kin means crazy plan" Yet it had worked His father’s seductive ways still held true Thank the gods

While the guards stayed focused on the three of thes slip into the Queen’s Hall, using the shadows to their advantage Prepared for battle, they moved as soon as Rhiannon wrapped that chain around the queen’s throat

The queen’s guards, soht they could beat the low-born family with their well-trained ways Bercelak snorted at the idea as he twisted one dragon’s head around until the bones cracked, breaking into pieces, while his tail i to sneak up behind hi up with Ailean the Wicked as a father prepared all of his offspring for any kind of battle He’d trained each of theht any and all in their way And even though his sisters were definitely a little ently treated than the males of his kin, they were much more brutal and Bercelak winced when two of his sisters ripped a dragon to pieces between the two of them

He turned and searched for Rhiannon He trusted hisor weak her skills in comparison to the queen’s

Quickly, he located his mate and her mother over in a corner Rhiannon still had the bitch by the throat with that chain, which uards were advancing quickly and Rhiannon couldn’t fight them off or run with her mother in her arms Besides, he knew his Rhiannonshe’d never run

Storons out of his way like they were toys Nothing would keep hiuards around the neck, yanking the them at his brothers who’d followed him over He went for two others, but suddenly a s over hiet to Rhiannon He saw the queen’s guard begin to riht, the sounds of bones cracking reaching Bercelak’s ears As the dragons approached her, Rhiannon suddenly let out a sigh For a brief h with the tip of his tail But flaht white flames, swirled around her and then Rhiannon was Rhiannon the White Dragonwitch Most powerful dragonwitch in the land And nowQueen Rhiannon

Her power fully free, her dragon-form back, she lifted her head and, with a powerful roar, unleashed a line of fla above her head