by Sunny
“I pledge to keep our Dragon Queen safe,” Hari said, kneeling beside Ruric, his handsome, dark face uncharacteristically grave.
“I’m not a queen,” I said. Not anymore.
“But you are,” this new and serious Hari said with not a trace of his usual sullen, leering self. “You are our Dragon Queen.”
He said it with utter belief in his eyes, with a reverence and devotion that shook me. That made me want to shout at him: Don’t look at me like that. As if I am your sun, your moon, your earth, your sky.
I would have preferred his old snarkiness, but it seemed to have been wiped away.
“Thank you, Hari.” The High Lord’s left hand came down to rest upon the wiry demon’s shoulder.
They knelt there before him like two knights of old—surely an odd thought to have for demons. And they looked at me as if I were their holy grail.
Holy shit, as the humans were so fond of saying.
“Keep her safe. And try to keep the peace above while you’re at it,” Blaec said, his dark eyes twinkling. In a voice almost too low to hear, he murmured, “Things are going to be different up there.”
What a hellish understatement that was. I didn’t know whether to feel sorry for myself or for the Monère Court I was about to unleash these two demonic watchdogs on.
Yup, things were going to be very different.
Goddess help us all.
Dear Reader,
For more about Lucinda, please pick up Over the Moon, where the demon princess makes her first appearance. And On the Prowl, her second cameo.
If you’ve developed a thirst for more about the delicious Monère and the series that began it all, Mona Lisa Awakening and Mona Lisa Blossoming await your dark reading pleasure.
Look for Mona Lisa Craving in January.
Till then—
Sunny
www.sunnyauthor.com
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A family practice physician and Vassar graduate, Sunny was finally pushed into picking up her pen by the success of the rest of her family. Much to her amazement, she found that, by golly, she actually could write a book. And that it was much more fun than being a doctor. As an author, Sunny has been featured on Geraldo at Large and CNBC, and has won the Golden Leaf Award. When she is not busy reading and writing, Sunny is editing her husband’s books, literary novelist Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for her two talented kids. Please visit www.sunnyauthor.com.