"Dragon - 02 - Dragon's Heir" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dafoe Sierra)

Yes.


He would have her. And he would have Djarera. And it -- and everything in it --
would be his. Including a certain young princess who shone like the very sun itself. She
was warmth, and flame, and fire -- but he had learned one thing, in the frozen confines
of his prison.

He had learned that only ice endures forever.


Chapter One

УWhat?Ф Elara stared up at Melgara in shock. УNo way! IТm not marrying
Darrek!Ф

УRand, then.Ф

УNo! I donТt want to marry either one of them!Ф Folding her arms, Lara glared up
at her mother, her chin jutting rebelliously. УMother, weТve been through this!Ф

УNo, we havenТt.Ф Melgara sighed, and smoothed the long white fabric of her
skirt. Having this meeting in the throne room had been a mistake, she realized. It made
everything she said sound like a royal order.

УYes, we did! When I first came, I told you --Ф

УYou told me youТd go back to Earth and never return if I exiled either of them.Ф

УNo, I told you I refused to choose.Ф

Melgara nodded. УI can appreciate that, Lara. And I am proud of you for
managing to end that pointless feud. But it is your job to safeguard your subjects, your
land, and that means, among other things, providing an heir to the throne. Surely you
must see --Ф

УI do see. That doesnТt mean I have to like it.Ф In an abrupt change of mood, Lara
sank to a chair, propped her chin on one hand, and stared glumly at the ground.

She looked so young at that moment, both furious and miserable, her lower lip
pooched out like a sulky childТs, that Melgara couldnТt help feeling a pang of regret for
all the years theyТd lost. Rising, she descended from the dais and drew up a chair
alongside her daughter. УNone of this has been fair to you. First I send you to be raised
on a foreign world, ignorant of everything that you are, and then yank you back
without so much as a by your leave --Ф


УItТs not that. I love being here.Ф Lara shrugged, dismissing her apology. УItТs
justЕФ