“She turned and pointed at her ass. “And I could be wrong, but I think this thing is even bigger than is… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“I see why our little Braith likes you.” “Does she?” “Can’t you tell?” “I’m male. I have no idea what you females… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“How do you live with yourself, Lord Arrogant?” “Very easily, Lady Difficult. I find myself quite charming.” — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“She started it,” Briec stated before holding his “perfect” daughter out to Talaith and announcing, “She looks to need nourishment. Unleash your… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Then he stalked off into the woods, leaving Talaith alone. Good. Now I can panic in peace.” — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Oh, gods. Not the flying!” “I heard you mounted my sister well enough.” “I want you never to make that statement again.” — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Friends?” “Aye. We’re friends now.” “Are we?” “Of course we are!” he replied cheerfully—just like his name. “Why wouldn’t we be friends?”… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“I didn’t think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse.” “But you’re so calm,” she observed. “That’s… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Dagmar faced the Iron, quickly bowed her head. “King Gaius, I’m sorry about the confusion. I’m Dagmar Reinholdt, Vassal of Garbhán Isle… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You off then, Da?” she asked. “Aye. Too old for all this killing.” And to prove that, her father turned and brought… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Now she sat in their dining hall, a book in her lap but unread while she stared blankly across the room.Bercelak’s kin… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“What are you doing?” she asked. “Getting naked.” “What the hells for?” “So you can be comfortable getting naked, too, so we… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“He looked like you ripped his heart out of his chest, threw it to the ground, and stomped all over it while… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Don’t do that.” “Don’t do what?” “Sneak around.” “Do you mean walk around? Because that’s what I actually did. I usually crouch… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Annwyl?” Ragnar repeated, suddenly remembering that Keita had said the same name before they’d burst out of the woods. “This is Annwyl?”… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“I don’t know. You’ll have to ask him yourself.” She sat up enough to look him in the eye. “I am not… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Found naked with a few of his grandfather’s kitchen maids? His father’s claw right to the back of the head. Suggest that… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Bercelak frowned. “Do we know you?” “I’m Bram,” the dragon said, appearing confused. “I stayed with your parents last summer.” “Oh.” Ghleanna… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Fearghus entered what he now considered her chamber, but immediately ducked the book flung at his head. Clearly she’d been waiting for… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“What’s going on?” “Nothing.” She coughed, and released Talaith’s hand. “Except you have some powerful enemies.” “Tell me what I don’t know,… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You want us to bargain with a lizard?” “They’re not lizards, Father. They’re extraordinary creatures who were here long before any human… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Dagmar tried to stand, and Gwenvael caught her hand, pulling her back down. "You can't leave me. I'm tortured and brooding. You… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“As he was forced to tell his father more than once, “I said I’d fight for my mother’s throne. I never said… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“She hadn’t seen gold since she’d last been to her father’s home, when she would sneak off to meet him. Smiling at… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Of course you don’t trust Braith. You don’t trust anybody,” Ghleanna reminded their brother. “You don’t trust the air.” “Because it tends… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“I don’t like this,” his brother told him as they walked down the stairs. “You don’t like anything. I’ve heard you complain… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You’d put our parents at risk for some piece of tail?” Ghleanna demanded. “She saved my life.” “You can fight your own… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You can stick your questions up your ass.” He slammed his tail in front of her. “I don’t think I heard you,… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You won’t be expecting forever, Annwyl. And once the twins are here, you’ll be as violently cruel and madly bloodthirsty as you… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Briec removed his clothes and slipped into bed with her, wrapping his arms around her waist and snuggling her from behind. “Izzy?”… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Please don’t hug me. Please don’t hug me. But she did. And now Bram had two sets of black eyes glaring at… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Poor thing. If she wasn’t being thrown into trees or attacked by his kin, she was being mystically flung to the ground… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“She snores,” Morfyd warned. “I do no such thing!” Annwyl yelled back. “Like a bull in rutting season.” “When we get back… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“What’s wrong with him?” “Nothing. He’s just. . just. .” “Just what?” “A peacemaker.” And she’d dropped her voice to a whisper.… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“She released him and Kleitos rubbed his neck, glaring at the two guards outside her door. “And you do nothing?” he demanded.… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Whose seal is this? I don’t recognize it.” Annwyl let out a sigh. “The Reinholdt.” “The Reinholdt?” He frowned in thought; then… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Do you not listen to our daily meetings about the state of your lands?” “Of course I don’t. They’re dead boring.” “Not everything can… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Normally, I’d lie and connive and do whatever necessary to make you take me into the south.” “But …” More tears began to flow.… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“I didn’t think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse.” “But you’re so calm,” she observed. “That’s usually when… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“Briec removed his clothes and slipped into bed with her, wrapping his arms around her waist and snuggling her from behind. “Izzy?” “That’s just… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You bet against your own son?” “Just like you, the boy doesn’t pay attention. And seeing that she’s just like her mother, he didn’t… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You, dragon, are the most—” “Amazing being you’ve ever met.” It wasn’t a question from him. It was a statement. “I was going to… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You bastard! Let me down!" "Not on your life, beauty." The godlen claw gripped her tighter. "You get hurt, he'll kill me. Now quiet.… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“. “And I stole some oxen jerky out of Bercelak’s bag. He makes the best oxen jerky.” “Bercelak the Vengeful cooks?” “Aye. And he’s… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image