Chapter 92

Every act of madness is an adventure in itself. That Drogo had survived this long with such domineering presence was thanks, in large part, to his overwhelming strength—and, in smaller part, to sheer luck.

Though he was desperately trying to distract Haixi, whose temperament he believed he already had figured out, and suppressing his own rising fury in order to banter with her, how could there not be even the smallest slip-up in such a gambit?

Even if the mermaid believed only the sky was worthy of veiling her hidden nobility, the sea dragon beneath her—and the loyal subjects unwilling to leave their khal—reminded her otherwise.