Dragon Matchmaker

Epilogue

(Temporary glimpse into Audrey's life.)

   The castle was nearly in ruins. Starving soldiers were close to cannibalism. Dragons crawled through every nook and cranny they could find. And no women had born him a son yet. Audrey strolled through hallways with a look that could kill if he stared hard enough. He approached the infirmary and slammed inside, scaring every woman inside. Women on the beds squealed and nurses all ducked their heads. He approached the main nurse and didn't even regard her as he spoke, scanning the room. "Let me guess…"

   "Still a daughter, your highness."

   Audrey growled and shot a glare at the dozen women he had placed in this infirmary. Every one was a servant girl which had come begging to be his first partner. Now each one would've gladly jumped out a window for death to avoid him. He'd sired a daughter with each one and they'd been forced to live in tiny conditions until their children born.

   He walked up to a girl named Roxanne who had born him his latest daughter, Magnolia, just a few moments ago. He yanked the baby from her arms and growled down at it. Roxanne screamed and yanked at the chains which held her to the bed. "No! Please! Don't hurt her!"

   Audrey ignored the new mother and ran a thumb over the little baby's silky black hair. The little girl whimpered and kicked her feet, trying to get back to the mother who supplied her with milk. Then she stopped and settled, staying silent. Audrey actually smiled. "I like this one. Quiet. Obedient. Patient. Good traits in a daughter. Maybe this won't be a total loss. Regardless, keep supplying me with women. I need to have a proper sire."

   A younger nurse to the side snarled and pointed at him. "Stop this madness! It isn't the women who are giving you daughters! It's you! You obviously aren't putting out the right genes. Now stop torturing these women or…"

   She was cut off as Audrey clamped his hand over her mouth and forced her back into the wall. "Or what? You'll hurt me? Kill me? Take over? Not a chance, but I have something for you to do."

   He hauled her by her hair down the hallway and up to the royal bed chamber. He quickly chained her and raped her, allowing her to scream. No one would stop him.

   He got done with her and let her lay there for a moment before he sighed and walked onto the balcony, summoning his favorite dragon, Argentine. The silver dragon landed on the roof above him and purred gently as it stuck its nose down for a quick scratch.

   Audrey smiled and stroked its nose fondly. "I'll show them, Argentine. I'll show all these ragtag soldiers and nurses that I can rule these lands with an iron fist and uphold myself as king. And someday, Kinsey and Aldwin will pay. I've got a special torture set aside for Aldwin. He'll have his own cage in my room and every night, he'll watch as I rape and conceive with his wife. Kinsey's torture is very straightforward. She'll bear me the children I want and need. Perhaps she'll even bear me the son that these lowly whores cannot."

   Argentine rumbled in his throat and then glanced down at the courtyard where his mate and several other females were tending to eggs. Audrey smiled and stroked his beloved pet, staring off into the distance. "No doubt about it. I will destroy those two. Using my children and my dragons. Starting with that little babe in the infirmary. Until I get a son, she will have to do. I'm thinking about changing her name from Magnolia to Raven. Mongolia is a tree of peace. The Raven is a creature of death. That would suit her occupation well."

   He smiled a wicked smile and strolled back into the room to see that the nurse had recovered and was about to begin hurling threats, but Audrey cut her off again, gagging her and raping her once more. "You will learn not to speak back to me."

   Once he was finished, he took her down the infirmary for the other nurses to deal with. He then turned to Roxanne and his precious Raven. He touched the baby and Roxanne barely held herself back from attacking him. "Her name shall be Raven from now on. You will be moved to my bed chamber and kept there until the girl is weaned. After that you will resume your duties as one of my breeding women again."

   Roxanne gasped and tears poured down her cheeks. "But her name is Magnolia. I chose it."

   Audrey growled and pulled his dispensaries, forcing her head back with it. "You can easily be replaced! Question me and you will pay with your life. I have plenty of other women to supply this babe with the food it needs. One woman's breasts can't be too different from another. Now be silent or die holding your child."

   The woman obediently lowered her head and stayed silent, for fear of losing the feeling of holding her baby. Audrey smiled as she was escorted up the stairs to his bed chamber with he  precious burden. Both of them would be useful on the future. But for right now, he had to finish his first plans. The land he'd dreamed of would be his.