Because all good things must come to an end, the fleeting and oh so delectable feeling of happiness had to be cut short soon enough. Tatiana wasn’t all that surprised when she saw an old friend of hers, a noble, and an old persistent suitor, seeking audience with the king of the dragons - her mate. She hadn’t kept in touch with the man after she had been sent away by her father, right into the dragon’s den. He couldn’t have come on a whim. She didn’t believe in coincidences. Ergo, she could guess that her father must have sent him. “Carson,” she said as she nodded at him curtly. “What, pray tell, brings you here, to the dragon’s territory?” The noble only looked at her with lust in his eyes, but didn’t bother to answer her question. Liam looked at the man, a dangerous glint in