An unknown fear sent a shudder through Biham. He knew that the Draka king was angry, not because the slave girl had been stolen from him, but because Morava tried to put her hand in the lion's den and extract the meat. Marcus had come to wage war to take the slave girl back. And Biham would never return his daughter, his heir. He had to pacify Marcus and at the same time he had to save his daughter from leaving Pegasii.

"Close the palace gate and station soldiers at every corner." His gaze drifted to Lara. "Get more soldiers to guard her." His throat bobbed when the girl drifted...