Dragon Found (The Dragon Queen, #1)

by Sam Hall

“If I was Draven, I’d have claimed you the first night I met you, bringing you back to the king and queen and declaring you my wife before the gods, and damn them if they said no to it, but…” He was so close now that our bodies touched and somehow I found myself leaning into him. “I can’t bring myself to regret the prince’s stupidity. I’ll make you a queen, Pip. The queen of my heart.”

“I don’t know if I’m the man for you, lass, but gods damn me if I won’t try. I feel like I’ve been dreaming of you my whole fucking life. Just know if you want me, I’ll come running, for whatever you need.”

You are a queen, Glimmer told me. Past time you started to act like one. And you as well? I shot back. What of you, Glimmer? I do not need that pretender queen’s approval, she told me. I know what I am now.

“Together, apart, I don’t fucking care. Everything I’ve got is for you, Pippin, and if taking me and all these bastards as your mates is what you need, I’ll drag every single one of them closer to pay homage to you, even if I have to beat them into submission.”