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His head cocked to the side in his hood. “You’re telling me that if you were chosen as the next queen of Embergate, and given all the gold and jade and rubies in the realm, you would refuse?”
“With great duty comes great responsibility,” I told him, and his head tipped towards the ground as my words seemingly had an effect on him. “I would not want to trade my simple freedom for one of crushing obligation,” I said with finality. “Crushing.” His voice was hollow, void of emotion. “It can be crushing at times.”
“The queen of Cinder Mountain. She had a special type of magic. They called her the king killer. She could steal other dragon-folks’ magic and merge it with hers, making her all-powerful.”
“Arwen Novakson, you are the lost queen of the Eclipse Dragon clan, and your magic is so powerful that it can devour mine, killing me and all of the dragon-folk people that are connected to me. You, Arwen, are the king killer.”
“Eclipse Dragon magic is not tied to a people like mine is. Their queens do not need heirs for power. They are unique in that way.” He sounded absolutely pissed off about that.
“Take that one too. She’s the backup.” A man I recognized stepped out of the woods. Bonner. A Royal Guardsman. A traitor.
Raife? Raife Lightstone. The elven king?
Lucien Thorne the fae king and Axil Moon the wolf king?
“I ordered the other men to stay away from you because the thought of you being with another man drove me insane.”
“You’ve never been my backup, Arwen. You were always my first choice, ever since I saw you walking into town with that giant cougarin draped over your shoulders. I was fascinated with the beautiful and strong female hunter.”
That’s all it took to break someone, a few hours of hope.
