Mate Of A Dragon Villain (Skeleton Key) Read Online Free Page A

leggings and Amanda was ready to tear them off and squat if—
    The door opened. Fast enough that it caught on her toes. Amanda yelped and jumped back, falling hard on her ass. She stared up at a man she’d never seen before. He didn’t even look familiar to her in the same way Alger, Eldric, and Hargreave had.
    Amanda decided that he must have been one of the many throwaway characters she’d used in her books, never describing them all that much since they weren’t exactly important. They were the warriors who fought, killed, died, or were left for dead so there would be a reason to continue the battle with Hargreave.
    And this guy definitely looked like a warrior. He also looked annoyed.
    “ What do you want ?”
    His voice sounded half snorted through his nose, like he was really a monster instead of a man. Or part man, as the reptilian wings folded against his back and sharp scales on his shoulders seemed to prove.
    Amanda nearly peed herself right then and there, but she forced herself to her feet.
    “I…I need to pee.”
    The warrior lifted a brow and glanced over her shoulder, looking meaningfully at the chamber pot she hadn’t used, proving it was really a chamber pot.
    “I don’t want to use that.” Now she really was dancing around. “Please, I swear this isn’t some bad plot point to trick you or anything, I have to go!”
    Maybe it was her dance that impressed him, or the way she grabbed at her crotch to stop the coming flow that wanted to break free, but the man guarding her door took pity on her and grabbed her by the arm.
    “If you try anything, I swear to the gods I will cut that pretty face.”
    Amanda nodded, but in that moment, she was more concerned about not peeing on herself than any threat.
    There was a bathroom not too far down the stone hall. Most of the lights came from old fashioned torches, though there was a lamp inside the bathroom itself.
    Water room. She had to get used to that, though she was happy to see the toilet. That was great.
    “You have one minute,” said the guard, and Amanda noted, right before she could push down her leggings, that he wasn’t going anywhere. He didn’t so much as shut the door, though as he stood in front of it, his wide shoulders acted as a decent barrier.
    “Uh, you can step out now.”
    “No. Do what you need to do or I take you back.”
    He meant it. The way he crossed his arms seemed pretty final, and Amanda’s thighs were quivering as she felt her kidneys start to suffer.
    No choice. She pushed down her leggings, lifted the hem of her housecoat, and sat.
    The relief was too much for her to bother with caring overly much about having some big dragon warrior watching her.
    When she nearly finished, she looked up at her guard, and noted the way he stared at something on the far wall. His cheeks looked a little bright, but that might’ve been the lighting.
    Right. Now that he knew for a fact she wasn’t faking, he wouldn’t want to look at her any more than she’d want to look at him.
    Amanda finished up. There was something that looked like it could be toilet paper beside her on a wicker stand, so she used it.
    It was pretty gross and flaked off. Amanda needed to wash her hands in the sink when she finished, and she thanked God one more time for the running water. She just wished she written this world to have better toilet paper.
    Her guard nodded. “Good, now come with me.”
    “Do you know why I’m being locked up?”
    Her guard said nothing, he just put his hand on her back and guided her away from the water room, back to her tiny cell.
    “What happened with Alger? Is he alive? When will Eldric want to talk to me?”
    Her guard glanced down at her. “He lives,” he said. “The king will speak to you when he’s ready and not one moment before.”
    That didn’t sound good. How the hell was she supposed to explain how innocent she was when Eldric didn’t want to talk to her?
    Others walked through the halls. Dragon men, warriors