Razik, she hissed. But then a spiked tail was shattering the terrace doors before a black diamond-shaped head appeared, smoke furling up from his snout. Sapphire eyes went directly to her. “All of them except the one sitting on his ass,” she said. So excessively violent. She could hear his dark laugh down the bond as he opened his mouth. The guards began scrambling, but it didn’t matter. Dragon fire erupted into the space between her and the throne. And when the guards were no more than fluttering ash, those black flames brushed against her own in a caress.
