a P

a guard and ducked inside the massive black c

-blue dragon cores inlaid along the walls that cast a soft glow

cushions, his long legs crossed at the ankles as his

ay from him, curling up inside his oversized blac

Afraid I'll eat you?" his low, gravelly voice

death if I sit too close," I shot back with a straight face, though my gaze d

ly yanked the fabric wider, exposing the hard

Doctor Ayla want to sta

a roll of clean linen bandages and a small porcelain bottle of hemos

we reach my father's castle, you'd bett

ad his arms wide against the

breath to ignore the overwhelming heat radiating from h

frowning as I examined the charred, black edges

ly, as if talking about the weather. "The burn from Dragonslayer Gold st

the raw flesh. His abdominal muscles tensed hard be

stfire poison?" I asked casually while wrapp

plummeted instantly, and his red-g

ldn't know, little wildcat. Know

ed the bandage into a neat knot, an

your pure-gold dragonfire around again, it

esh bandage as he studied my face. "Who are you really? The cowardly Dragonless girl of Hous

eat, but I kept my f

iff, they learn whatever it takes to stay a

without pushing further, then leaned hi

avy thuds of the gray-scaled Sub-Dragons' claws echoed through the night, and every cit

reetlamps and swore to myself that no one in this b

and the crisp, respectful voice of Graydon's deputy c

have arrived at Ear

urning to his red-gold pupils as he pushed t

fore I could jump down, he turned aroun

g my fingers in his palm, letting him stead

and two gatekeepers were leaning against the stone p

e," Graydon o

d his armored boot into the hea

s Highness Prince G

ller one cursed loudly as he yanked the s

g dog in the middle of the night? Do

led Sub-Dragons and the murderous column of Black Iron Dragon Cavalr