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“Did you kill my parents?” I asked softly. “Did you play a part in their deaths? Did you shed their blood?”
“No,” he said. “The queen forced me to watch. Despite my blood-bond to her, it was beyond me to hurt you and your parents.”
“Why is that?” I asked.
“You know why,” he said softly.
The truth hit me, and my heart raced. He knew that I knew that he was my fated mate.
He could never hurt his mate, and no force of the universe could make him.
“I managed to send the message to Aine,” he said in a regretful, defeated tone. “But it was too late.”
“Princess Aine teleported you here—the royal dragons’ sanctuary—with an attached magical message.” KingDaghda was now composed enough to resume his account. “That was her last kind deed. I begged GoddessArianrhod to seal the pass between the Sihde and the Dragon Realm. No Fae could ever reach my realm to take you away. But in the end, the curse still took you from me. I was robbed of your radiant smile for nine centuries, and you lived in the godforsaken place as three Fury beasts.”
“I have one piece of good news,” Elvey said, a cruel smile waltzing in his star-blue eyes. “There is this prophecy that no one knows about but the dark Fae Queen and her inner circle. It foretold that a hybrid heir of the royal dragon and royal Fae will bring with her the White Light the world has never seen. She’ll trump the darkness, free all who are in bondage and slavery, and lead us to the era of true enlightenment.” His gaze on me was so tender that my heart melted for him, and my pulse beat rapidly for him.
But I sat straight and tight, fighting the urge to go to him, embrace him, and vow to him that I’d shatter his shackles.
Elvey laughed to himself. “Tianna fears Daisy more than anyone because of the prophecy. When KingDaghda’s men searched for her, Tianna’s minions had been hunting her as well. I’d also been seeking her. No one could find her. And here you are, Princess Daisy, the rightful heir to the Danaenyth dynasty and Queen to the Sihde Realm.”
I swallowed. Queen to the Sihde Realm?
There was no way I could carry all the burdens.
Elvey’s eyes, unfathomable as the deep space, pierced me, and his need and hunger for me slammed into my soul.
I wouldn’t abandon him. Right now, he could still resist the evil queen’s pull because of the vampire venom that weakened his connection to the bitch. But what would happen once the venom thinned in his bloodstream? She would eventually find him. And when she did, she’d take him back and bend him to her will.
The demon captain’s cruel words echoed in my mind. “You’ve tried for centuries to be free of her, but you failed repeatedly and pathetically. The queen will never release you, not until she breaks you completely.”
I wouldn’t allow it. No more would I allow myself to abandon my mother’s people, even though I didn’t know them. No, I knew some of them now. Rosalinda’s face flashed before me. And there were many others like her who would like to have a home to go to.
I’d have to take the Sihde Realm from Tianna. I had no issues with that. And I very much intended to avenge my parents and myself.
I held Elvey’s gaze with a promise, and he smiled.
That smile tugged my heart.
“One step at a time,” I said. “First, we’ll need to take down Lysandra.”
“That fucking bitch,” KingDaghda grated, his formidable dragon glaring out of his golden eyes. “I’ll tear her apart with my bare hands.”
I cleared my throat and looked at KingDaghda blankly.“Grandfather, do you know my true purpose of coming to you?”
“I failed my son,” he said. “And I failed you.”
“You did not fail us. I didn’t blame you,” I said as gently as I could. “But you failed the realm because of your grief, and because of our enemies’ design. I’ve come to take the realm, the crown, and the burden from you.”
“I’ve been waiting for this day for a very long time, Granddaughter,” he said, his burnt amber eyes glowing. “The land’s power has left me and chosen you.” He paused for a second, then his voice boomed regally. “Make me proud, Queen DaisyDanaenyth.”
CHAPTER 16
Daghdahad never met Arianrhod, the goddess of the land and sky and rebirth, even though he’d ruled the Dragon Realm for millennia. She’d only come to him twice in a vision, and the second time had been after my father was slain. At my grandfather’s request, Arianrhod had sealed the path between the Sihde and Dragon Realm to protect me. But in the end, the curse had still stolen me.
“So, the tie between the goddess and our bloodline isn’t as strong as the myth said,” I said.
But the land’s magic had responded to me when I’d called upon it. I wanted it to be stronger—at least strong enough to aid me to take down the black witch.
