Master of Dragons by Angela Knight Read Free Book Online

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    â€œKing Arthur. I’m one of his knights. Look, if you’ll just listen to me…”
    Now he was trying to sucker her with fairy tales. The burn of the Mark built to a savage blaze. “Tell Ansgar I’m not that big an idiot.”
    The Sidhe’s eyes widened. “Ansgar? Ansgar’s dead. Llyr killed him months ago.”
    Reacting to her rage, the Mark flared up like a torch, sending energy lancing down her arms and through her fingers. She yelped at the vicious pain…
    A huge blast of magic shot from her hands and slammed into the warrior’s chest like a fiery cannonball. He went flying with a startled roar.
    The crash shook the apartment.
    Stunned, Nineva stared down the hallway. A man-shaped hole gaped in the rear bedroom wall, revealing broken two-by-fours, shattered Sheetrock, twisted siding, and empty air. She’d blown him all the way through the back wall of the apartment.
    Had she killed him?
    Before she could think better of it, she raced to the hole and looked down. He lay on the grass two stories below, not moving. Heart in her throat, she scanned him.
    Still alive.
    She heaved a sigh of relief. He’d scared the crap out of her, but she didn’t want his blood on her hands, either.
    Maybe because she remembered the dream taste of his mouth…
    Idiot.
    Somewhere a dog barked furiously. A man’s voice yelled a profane question in the distance.
    â€œOh, hell.” Her first impulse was to run, but she knew she couldn’t leave the building with a gaping hole in the back wall. What if it collapsed and hurt someone? Heart pounding, she stepped back from the hole and cast a spell. Instantly, it was solid again. Another spell dressed her in jeans and a sweater as she ran to grab her duffel. She didn’t bother packing anything else.
    A moment later, Nineva was clattering down the stairs. At this point, she could probably gate somewhere, but she wasn’t sure she trusted her own skills. The car struck her as safer.
    She wanted to be far away from here by the time that big Sidhe came to.
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    Pain throbbed in Kel’s skull with a beat he could feel in his teeth. Slowly, he opened his eyes to a blurry vision of darkening sky overhead. He blinked and managed to focus.
    Cachamwri’s Egg, he couldn’t remember the last time he’d been blasted that hard. Maybe when he’d fought his uncle. But since he’d been in dragon form at the time, it was hardly the same.
    The Sugarplum Fairy packed one hell of a wallop.
    Groaning, he rolled over onto his hands and knees and gave serious thought to throwing up. He could feel the muscles in his arms and legs twitch in reaction to Nineva’s magical attack. For a moment, he thought longingly of his own soft bed.
    Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option. The Dragon God had given him a job, and he damn well wasn’t going to fail.
    Whether Nineva liked it or not.
    Gritting his teeth, he staggered to his feet and almost fell on his face. Hastily bracing a hand against the building, Kel swallowed hard as he blinked the world back into focus.
    Okay, Tinkerbell, the kid gloves are off. Let’s see how you like dealing with me in dragon form.
    Grimly, he went looking for a place to change.
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    It had been eight months since Diana London Galatyn had last turned into a werewolf, and she was getting grumpy. To make matters worse, her back ached constantly and she hadn’t even seen her own feet in three months, though she’d been told her ankles were swollen.
    Meanwhile, Prince Dearg Andrew Galatyn was bouncing up and down on her bladder, suggesting a serious case of ADD. She could almost hear the psychic Wheee!
    Diana splayed her hands over her huge belly and tried to think happy thoughts at her womb. Three weeks. Just three more weeks, Dearg, honey. Then you get to come out into the big, wide world where there’s lots of room for you and your bony little elbows. And everybody