Echo Fort (Sins of the Zodiac, #2)

by Caroline Peckham

“You are my creature, Vesper Crossborn!” he bellowed. “Your life and everything you do with it is mine to command. You will not question me and you will not defy me ever again. And if you do not care for the continuation of your miserable existence beyond your desire for revenge then know this: if you do not deliver that Dragon to me then not only will I make you pay in blood and ruin for your defiance but I will also place a protection around the man you thought to be Cayde Avior which will put him beyond the reach of all the warriors at my disposal. I shall see to it that he is left to roam freely and bask in the glory of his victory over you and those women you loved so dearly for the remainder of his days without consequence for his actions. Because despite my dear desire to see him gutted for not only secreting himself within our borders, spying upon my kingdom and for sullying your flesh with his touch, I am a Prince of Stormfell. And my priority is, and forever will be, the strength of our kingdom and securing our victory in this war.