TAKEN BY THE DRAGON KING

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that surrounded the Dragon Lord's castle, I

isn't happening. I wanted to take care of my peopl

right now my hand wouldn't stop shaking, I pushed them between my k

? It's going

owering, that I couldn't see the top of the tallest tower from

ngest of all Dr

as certainly powerful. Money, influence, a

it against me right now. I shivered and rubbed my arm.

and hold my tongue. It was the driver of the carriage. He looked frightened and he didn't speak t

ching beneath my feet. I felt

in the beautiful rolling hills and the warmth of the cas

d it a

ee two men standing nearby. They look so big and hef

n soldier

and cold. The driver finished unpacking

sted that he drove me out of the night now. It was my last chance to leave this pla

He had a family to return to, a kingdom that ha

o back on my

ront of the carriage and I turned tow

blonde man, s

fellow me. The Dragon Lo

couldn't refuse him, instead, I just nodded. "Alright. Let's

I most certainly was. I needed to have a facade that ke

s eyes that made me want to recoil. He looked like he was

about him but already I

t even the

g a deep breath, I followed him into

the blonde man grabbed it and used it to light our way, other than t

s something eerie about this place, it was quiet, lack

ake or moving around the castle. F

to come face to face with the str

ed at th

owed him without saying a word. I was hopeful that if I was q

just being ove

n't know what they looked like, or what they were like. I knew that

shifting and them being able to take alt

dn't know, and that was the part of what made them so terrifyi

k to act when he was provoked, and it was no w

no one who had faced off against th

all dead. I swallowed my anxiety

eart began to race. It fluttered i

cked, huge, echoing sounds that

rd is just be

ne." A voic

had expected. Somehow, I had expected roughness, anger, th

ike whiskey over a rock,

ll sent a chill

eath. I didn't know what I was expect

ing into the room, he looked back at me and

never disrespected my servant like that befor

u are Elena' I cal

nd dipped and move for

e. That will be

the corner of my eye. As soon as the door c

, I wanted to at least see

nything was brave, I lift

gony desk. He was leaning against it with a cas

, he took my

ing like

pt hair and wild eyes, and the making of the feral dragon t

build beneath his shirt and trousers rolled up sleeve ad

open at

n the dimmed light. Zane had left the touch, but it

hat was a g

as handsome. I co

was a danger in his sparkling eyes that bel

I can't let my guard down

" he said, pushing himse

g my face. I felt my heart race in my chest, bea

ew everything about me already, whi

t so vulnerab

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