Dragon Fae (The World of Fae) by Terry Spear Read Free Book Online

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    “Oh my goddess,” the lady shrieked, hands flying to her cheeks, brown eyes huge in her small face. “Guards!” she screamed. “Guards!”
    Alicia hoped she was calling the guards to take the prisoner in hand for the moment, and not with the thought that she and Ena were also dangerous to the dark fae.
    “Are you sure you’re okay?” Ena asked Alicia.
    Alicia was surprised to hear the genuine concern in Ena’s voice. “Yeah. Fine. Thanks.” Not. She knew she wasn’t the only fae who got sick with the travel, but it didn’t make her feel any better about it.
    The maid ran to close the distance between them and knelt quickly beside the princess. “”My lady, can I help you?”
    “I’ll be all right.” She was going to ask the maid if she could locate Prince Deveron and tell him she was okay, but a dozen guards rushed into the great hall like a stampede of ravenous hounds and Alicia instantly began issuing orders. “Inform Queen Irenis and Prince Deveron at once that Princess Alicia is here and safe. And…” She looked at Ena. “The Dragon Slayer, Ena, has captured a fae seer.”
    The maid’s eyes grew huge.
    Ena smiled down at Alicia, apparently liking the nickname she had chosen for her.
    One of the men quickly took off.
    When three of the guards took Brett in hand, Ena said, “Be gentle with him. He is my prize for King Tibero.”
    “What about my friends?” Brett finally had the nerve to ask.
    “You would do well to distance yourself from them. They are no longer your concern but Queen Irenis’s. Though it is too late to give advice, let me tell you this, never take a royal fae prisoner. It’s just a very bad thing to do,” Ena said.
    Alicia instructed the fae guard, “She will be taking the prisoner with her.” She might not like some of the stuff that went along with being a fae princess, but she did love being able to give orders and that people actually snapped to and carried them out.
    “What about you?” Brett asked Alicia, his eyes wide. “Aren’t you coming with me?”
    She didn’t have a chance to answer as she heard a man shouting as he rushed down the stairs to the dungeon, “My queen! My prince! Princess Alicia is here!”
    Alicia smiled.
    The tromping of boots on the stairs echoed across the great hall, indicated a lot more than just Deveron was on his way to see to her welfare.
    She really hated that she couldn’t get off the floor. He looked so shook up, she didn’t think she’d ever seen her prince look so upset and angry at the same time. She smiled at him, although she imagined her smile wasn’t as cheerful as she wished to offer him, trying to assure him she really was okay. Her stomach was still so queasy and her head spinning, that she couldn’t do much more than that.
    His dark eyes were nearly black as he stormed across the great hall, his gaze shifting to the assembled guards, the prisoner, the maid, Ena, and then Alicia again, sitting on the floor.
    “Alicia,” he said, his voice barely a whisper and he sounded like he was choked up. He reached down and lifted her into his arms and held her tight.
    She felt his warmth, his hardness, heard his heart beating as if he’d been running a marathon, his ragged breath, breathed in the smell of him—of woods and spices and him. She wasn’t sure she’d ever see him again, and close to him like this…she was in fae heaven.
    “Ahem,” Ena said, “I’m supposed to take her back to her grandfather.”
    “Later,” Deveron said, sounding as though he was attempting not to roar as he gave the dragon shifter an irritated don’t-question-my-authority-in-this look.
    “She saved my life, Deveron,” Alicia said, warning him to be nice.
    “She has no say in where you’re going.” He frowned down at Alicia. “Unless you wished to see your grandfather first.”
    She shook her head. This is where she wanted to be. In Deveron’s arms. She knew Ena would get word to her grandfather that she was all