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y husband, Gideon Harrison. He had arrived late last night on a healer's stretcher, unconscious and hidden b
rayed with anxiety. The hope of the entire Ha
obes emerged. Healer Madsen, the most renowned he
anor said, her voice
"The situation is not good, My Lady. Lord Gid
was a detail from Roric's report that I had pushed to the back of my mind. The world knew Dragongold was the bane of dragons, ar a tail when their Dragon Soul surged. In Gideon's present co
up?" Eleanor's
s Dragon Soul has retreated into the deepest possible slumber to protect itself. It's like a locked door,
y shell. My newfound shield was not just
ed out to steady her arm. She leaned on m
led me to her private sitting room. She took my hands, her e
d intense. "Only you can save Gideon
Me? My Lady, I am a Dragonle
give Gideo
mach d
lood cannot be allowed to end. Even if he... never wak
She wanted me to have a child with a man in
ng on a gentler, almost maternal concern, though the determination in her eye
th child, you will be the mother of the future Lord of Black Fortress. All of Gideon'
nshakeable support. You will no longer be a girl from the border
Everything I needed to ensure I would never again
ering me a gilded cage in excha
th of command. More shamefully, I wondered how it would feel to lie beneath a man built like that, to have his powerful hands hold my hips while those eyes watched
he pitying looks, the utter helple
t go back
her eyes. We were the same, her and I. W
d, My Lady. For Gideon... and
oss Eleanor's face. "Good gi
ust made a deal with the devil. Mrs. Finch was w
y. "A warming tonic, to pr
it in one gulp. It burn
tightening my nipples beneath my gown before pooling low in my belly. A slick
broad shoulders encased in black armor. The tonic turned that painted image dangerously alive. I imagined his dark eyes open
highs together, but the pressure only sharpened the ac
rd it. I was ready to enter Gideon's chamber. Ready to offer
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