Reborn:The Dragon Queen No More
She bolted upright, grabbed a heavy silver candelabra from the nightstand, and hurled it straight at my face.
Crack.
"Are you deaf? I said kneel!" she shrieked, her voice shrill. "I am the future Dragon Queen! What are you? How dare you defy my orders?!"
Blood welled from the cut, blurring my vision. I forced down the white-hot rage building in my chest and dropped to my knees.
My compliance seemed to soothe her ego. She leaned back, exhaling a lazy breath.
"I brought you all to this castle for one reason: so you can watch me take everything that belongs to me, step by step. You better kill whatever pathetic little schemes you're cooking up in that head of yours. Keep your distance from the