He raised his head, blond hair falling in front of his sad, sunken eyes while he cradled the infant in his arms. A chain around his ankle kept him anchored to the floor. “You’ve come to kill me,” drawled Lothair, voice cracking with defeat. “Make it quick, then.”
Terrible sadness shrouded the dragon Alpha, but it didn’t show on his face, only in his posture in the heavy atmosphere surrounding him. I didn’t know what I felt for Lothair at that moment.
Gavin lunged forward, all too ready to do as he was told, only to stop suddenly when his eyes fell upon the child. Everett and I quickly joined Gavin’s side, and there we saw the baby girl in Lothair’s arms with her eyes closed, breathing gently in her blanket, lulled into the comfort of restful sleep. “She’s still alive,” I said, unable t
