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Rai nodded. “Then we’ll crash the witch’s coronation and end her.”
“I’ll go with you and set things straight,”Daghda offered. “I’ll divorce and denounce her in public. I’ll cite the ancient dragons’ laws.”
“It might not be an excellent idea, Grandfather,” I said. The humans resented his rule, andLysandra had succeeded in painting him a villain and a tyrant that needed to be removed.“I know it’s hard, but I need you to stay in the background this time. Let me corner the witch. Let me bring her down.”
Daghda sighed in contained anger and sadness. “As you wish, Daisy Danaenyth. You’re the queen now. I left you a mess to inherit.”
I placed my hand on his. “We’ll fix it together.”
“Actually, Your Majesty,” a guard named Sorrel, chimed in, and we both snapped our heads at him. He looked atDaghda. “You can’t leave this sanctuary. The black witch’s spell can’t cross the ward and reach you here, but as soon as you leave the mountain, the madness will take you over again.”
It was another long story how his elite guards had managed to get him here from the castle when Lysandra hexed him.
“We have nothing that we can use to expose the black witch for what she is,” Jarrod said. “And the humans, who aren’t dragon haters, are also enthralled by her.”
Everyone looked grimmer.
“My spies have been digging up dirt on Lysandra,” Elvey said. “They’ve been tracking the two missing mayors, who are the dragon royalists. Lysandra might have killed them. But if my team can find them alive, we’ll nail the witch. We have less than two days. I’ll leave tonight. I thought we could push Arianrhod’s hand, but she’s been difficult.”
“Walk me through Fae magic before you leave, Elvey,” I said. “Hopefully whatever magic I have can all come out and take on Lysandra when the time comes.”
“Right now,” Elvey said.
I nodded, and Elvey and I rose at the same time.
Rai and Blaze shot to their feet as well. Iokul, however, sat tight and watched us.
“This session is one-on-one, by invitation only,” Elvey said.
Rai and Blaze growled.
Daghdachuckled. Had he already forgotten he’d just apologized for the mess he’d left so soon? I glared at my grandfather and rolled my eyes at my dragon princes.
“We go where our mate goes,” Blaze said, ignoring my attitude.
“Not this time,” Elvey said coldly. “This doesn’t concern you. If you’re worried about Daisy’s safety, you don’t need to. She’ll always be safe with me.”
“Not from you,” Blaze ground out.
I narrowed my eyes on Blaze, then Rai. “Really? I’m bonded to you, not chained to you. This competition has to end. If we don’t learn how to work together, we don’t need the enemies to finish us off, we can do it ourselves!”
“Relax, brothers,” Iokul said coolly. “Elvey won’t let anyone or himself hurt a hair on Daisy’s head.”
Blaze still glared at Elvey with distrust.
“Fine,” Rai said, and sat down. “We need to further discuss the strategies anyway while Daisy practices her magic.”
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Elvey led me to the pinnacle of the mountain. It was vast, ancient, and untouched. I inhaled the cold, crispy air, wanting to dance a little in this white world of purest beauty that any dragon would love, even though the world was about to collapse on me.
Elvey watched me, a contained heat and sparkle in his star-blue eyes. He looked beyond gorgeous and sexy even in this deceivingly peaceful settling. For a second, I was dying to know what he looked like in his true demigod form, if he had one.
Which god had sired him? What was his life story? Would he ever share it with me? Would he ever open to me?
Elvey arched an elegant brow. “May we bring your fascinating, wandering mind back?”
“Whatever you say,” I said.
