Claiming the Dragon King

ed in the moon’s light as

s had passed since that fa

tten and never would. Re

e of horrors. He would neve

of action and chaos had mo

ven by the need for reven

eople. Tonight he would d

were. Tonight he would st

-crowned

ring up at the starless sk

in; that this mission wou

e for this valiant play to

urmoil, never-ending suffe

ot even the Horde would

without securing peace o

ul creature

mouth of the cave they wa

to the he

her hips as she licked he

than he, easily manipulate

ng the young maid to fee

ut the more he learned abou

actions. She was also what

o

she announced as the bl

n, never to wake again,”

y

ragon tears, a priceless

ct. He held out a vial,

s she held her hand out

will you do with them?”

ble features that hours

s she’d ro

e children to me,” she

ighed huskily as if the th

ed closer, his hands itchi

ro

dren for fun?” he asked a

percent Horde and thrived

dark head back and laughed

rough him, red-hot; rage fi

h the air soundlessly and

Her gaze met his as her he

heir ears other than her he

ir

corpse,” h

er,” Fyra said in a bored

u

” Blane snapped. “We are

ldr

to us once we have them

hey will even care that the

r spawns, not when they ca

m n

etorted crisply. “He prot

e’ll trade his life for th

o our kind. After we’ve en

and with it, we wi

want? To rule a murdero

to claim or be a part of?

ou don’t want to be king;

If we kill the head, the

w this works. Once he die

ion, but this is a wa

a war,” he said coldly.

l as my father. Fury was t

simply because he could

. No one intervened, not on

ven us their word that th

Horde attack us unti

n’t they?” she laughed s

more who were hidden f

his plan works, or they’l

g inside t

ide,” he uttered as he n

ore the next patrol comes o

thwarted befo

an actual Goddess,” Wr

ames ignited from Wren’s

ed the corpse, leaving no

ed, blowing them onto the

the c

you all just want to fucking hold your dicks a

worried. He could be walkin

hance, though, their tim

from fear of being disco

the creatures of the fore

o secure peace. His peop

They’d hidden in the mounta

long enough. The Mages we

one knew they couldn’t fig

done to Faery, where they

now o

ed as he started towar

e Horde stronghold. It had

-hole to escape if the Hor

ow-hanging caverns and wi

castle. “The wards are dow

we are discovered,

he portal, remember that

ve. There would be no esca

portal; they’d go out fig

had been

rkened tunnels for what f

ne Sadie had discovered

spared a moment for the va

cross his lips. She couldn

m and leaving corpses in h

a

door and hesitated as t

dungeon of the Horde. Ins

ust exited. It looked unuse

tened with pain as he ima

n the ti

, pushed the memories o

o the staircase that led deeper into the stronghold

ade quick work of changin

o one noticed the diff

nce. Not another word u

rte

ad inside him not to cu

they walked in. No one sp

itioned everywhere inside

n added precaution for th

st like them, but then he

they moved around

staircase, never stoppin

t off from the others who m

ing quarters and the royal

inside the hallway where

ed as if they

nd, Blane opened the do

scanned the hallway with

oving along the wall as h

about them being down was

laced his hands on the wa

wn,” he mumbled absentl

in this part of the castle

orking to their advantage

hat was elder oak, crafted

ad said it

b as a musical voice sou

en who all stood in a line

He slipped his hood up a

llway to hi

neared. Neither female p

s to enter the room. The

wed them. Blane remained erect unti

o now?” Fyra demanded

furrowed a

shrugged. “We can use m

ble

down his face as he tu

e he opened the doo