Dragon's Promise. Denise Lynn
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Название: Dragon's Promise
Автор: Denise Lynn
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Эротическая литература
Серия: Mills & Boon Nocturne
isbn: 9781474034036
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A vampire? The changeling lusted after a vampire? “Good heavens, not St. George?”
“Of course. Would one of the Drake boys choose anyone...normal?”
Aelthed chuckled at her long-suffering tone. Even though she’d done a fine job, she never should have had to raise three Drake males on her own. “No. It would make your life all too boring if they did.”
Danielle nodded in agreement. “I suppose so.” She placed the puzzle cube on a pillow and stretched out on the bed. “So, what can you tell me about St. George?”
“Well, it’s your great-great-great-grandsire’s fault that he’s a vampire. If I recall the rumors correctly, the two of them got into a fight—the dragon and the dragon slayer—and when the dragon managed to knock the slayer out, he left the man tied to a tree in the forest assuming someone would come along and free him.”
“I can guess the rest.” Danielle snorted. “He was found by a vampire, not another human.”
“Yes. Which explains the deep-seated hatred between the two families.”
“Not that they ever would have been the best of friends in the first place.”
“Perhaps not, but we can do nothing about the past. Only the future. How did the cursed changeling get a vampire pregnant?”
“She’s not exactly a vampire. Braeden says she’s a succubus.”
Aelthed considered that possibility then shook his head. “Doubtful. I think the Dragon Lord may be mistaken on this one. Although I am willing to guess that if she’s not a full blood-sucking vampire, that she may be a psychic soul-sucking one. Does she have fangs?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t met her.”
“This babe she bore, is it human—or otherworldly?”
“I’m not sure.” Danielle shook her head and sighed. “But since its mother isn’t human, doesn’t it stand to reason that the babe might not be, either?”
More to himself than anyone else, Aelthed mused, “I wasn’t thinking of the mother.”
Danielle’s frown deepened. “Surely you don’t think this curse on my nephew carried over to his child?”
“Considering the oddities of late, it’s something we need to consider.” Even though Aelthed could already guess her answer, he had to ask, “I don’t suppose you know if the babe has shown any habits that might be considered...purely Drake?”
“I can’t answer that, either. I know nothing more than you.” Danielle picked up the cube and held it out before her. “Right now all I know for certain—” she drew the cube closer and then dropped her voice to little more than a whisper “—is that your nephew, Nathan the Learned, has the child and is using him as leverage to get his hands on the grimoire...and you.”
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