Around them the song rose to a crescendo, the magic of dragonfire building in Katy’s chest as the dragon within Ryker poured his own vow into her once more. Protection. Honor. Immortality. Love.
The dragonfire engulfed her from head to toe. Her slippers. Her gown. Her flesh. But it did not burn.
Across from her, Ryker shifted, his dragon towering over her small frame in the courtyard, the dragon doing its best to look regal. Perfect. Katy could sense his need for her acceptance in front of the others. Even dragons needed their mate to love them, accept them.
“Ryker. Dragon. Keepers of my heart,” Katy began, “I am your true mate as you are mine. I am eternally yours.”
The circle opened just enough for one man to walk forward. Katy recognized him as the dark elf. He was a prince and one of Ryker’s oldest friends.
He’d also come to the estate to shove his black sword straight into Ryker’s heart. Katy hadn’t quite forgiven him for that.
Sparkles and flashes of light surrounded them. The circle disappeared in a magical fog. When it cleared, the elf, Katy, and her mother and sister were the only creatures left who didn’t have scales.
They were surrounded by a circle of dragons. Huge. Fierce. A terror for any enemy. A powerful clan bound by ties of blood and honor.
Ryker lifted his head to the sky and roared.
As one, the others lifted their heads and joined him, the sound unlike anything Katy had ever heard before.
“Katherine Toure, I am Prince Alrik, protector and executioner of this dragon clan. Do you accept this dragon as your mate? Do you accept his dragonfire and his children? Do you vow to protect the knowledge of our existence from all who would threaten us?”
Katy stared up into the jeweled eyes of the black dragon, the beautiful beast she knew as her love in another form. “Yes. I do.”
In a flash Ryker stood before her, not as a dragon but as a man. Her man. Her mate. The love of her life.
She held out her hand this time. Ryker took it, and the elf, Prince Alrik, wrapped their hands together with a golden chain Katy recognized as the one Ryker used to wear around his neck. She knew what those chains meant now. Knew that nearly every dragon in this clan was forced to wear them. That her union with Ryker was the first in hundreds of years. That before this day, the Draquonir had nearly given up hope. For many, the executioner’s blade was the final and only honorable choice left to them.
Silence descended on the courtyard, and Prince Alrik spoke.
“I bind you with dragon chains. I bind you with dragonfire. I bind you with love.”
Ryker could not tear his eyes from his bride. He stepped forward and pulled her into his arms, kissed her with every ounce of love and reverence he had in his heart.
Katy’s dragonfire erupted to surround them in heat and desire and love, the black flames dancing around and between them as within, his dragon howled with contentment and the dragons around them roared their approval of the union.
Katy was now a queen. A member of the Draquonir. Ryker’s one true mate.
Forever.
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About
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Grace Goodwin is a USA Today and international bestselling author of Sci-Fi and Paranormal romance with more than one million books sold. Grace's titles are available worldwide in multiple languages in ebook, print and audio formats.
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Becca Brayden spends her days writing and her nights dreaming up her next hot adventure with even hotter alien hunks. A Colorado native, she has lived in New Zealand, Florida, Alabama, Kansas and loves to travel in direct proportion to how much she hates to cook. Chocolate makes her happy, licorice makes her cringe, and despite the cult following - she hates pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice lattes. (More for you!)
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Natural wanderlust has given her a deep love for Mediterranean food and a bookshelf filled with everything from philosophy to sexy romance and hard core sci-fi. You can catch her enjoying a cup of hot cocoa on her Facebook page. facebook.com/authorbeccabrayden