“Spell for what?” Tanis asked.
He took a deep swig from his mug before he answered. “They’re all the ingredients you’d need to kill the vilest bastard in this world.”
She still had no idea who that was.
Not until a man on her left spat on the floor and sneered. “Wish it was true. If I thought for one minute you could cast a spell to kill the unicorn king and take his place, I’d be the first to outbid them all for it.”
“Unicorn king?” she repeated.
The keeper looked at her wryly as if she was as daft as she felt. “Deciel Coeur de Noir. The bastard what rules all Thirteen Kingdoms. Who wouldn’t want to kill him?”
Tanis gasped as that name went through her head like a clap of thunder, and she turned to stare at the man who wasn’t really a man standing right beside her.
The black unicorn.
Deciel Coeur de Noir.Dashell... Blackheart.
Dash.
Fuck me.
Chapter 7
Say nothing, Lady Dragon.”Dash’s voice was loud and clear in her thoughts.
Tanis considered how much she wanted to out him to the ruffians in the tavern. But he held her dragon powers, and she would definitely need those back. Along with her dragon body.
And given who he was...
He would gut her long before they gutted him.
Not to mention, she was no longer sure killing him would return her to her dragon form. He wasn’t justaunicorn.
He was the most lethal creature in existence.
The High King of all kingdoms.
What have I done?
Of all the beasts she could have captured...
The High King of the Thirteen Kingdoms. Deciel Coeur de Noir.
How? Why?
Oh dear gods...
She was so lucky she was alive. No wonder he appeared dangerous.
Hewasdangerous.
No. He was danger personified.
This was a unicorn who literally impaled others for entertainment. He wore body parts as statement pieces.
The stories about him were legendary and terrible.
Honestly, she wanted to run. No, she wanted to run screaming. Screaming and rending her hair.
