Sorcha glared at her. “You do it.”

  “I already know my future.” Annika shoved the bowl toward Luciana. “Will you pick them then?”

  Luciana gave Sorcha a questioning look.

  “What the hell,” Sorcha growled. “Go ahead.”

  Luciana closed her eyes as she reached into the bowl and grabbed a few stones. She opened her hand, and everyone leaned forward to see the pebbles nestled in her palm.

  Lavender, white, and five.

  “What do they mean?” Annika asked.

  Luciana studied them, her face drawing into a frown.

  “Dammit,” Sorcha grumbled. “I knew it. It’s going to be bad news.”

  “It’s not bad!” Maeve insisted. “It’s obvious. In five days Sorcha will meet a tall and handsome stranger.”

  “That’s what the five stands for?” Annika asked.

  Maeve shrugged. “Or it could mean he’ll have five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot.”

  Sorcha snorted. “That really narrows the playing field.”

  Brigitta laughed. “Maybe it means you’ll curse at him in five different ways.”

  Sorcha nodded. “Now, that one I can believe.”

  Gwennore swallowed hard. What if it referred to the Circle of Five?

  “What does the lavender and white mean?” Annika asked.

  “He’ll be wearing a pretty lavender shirt,” Maeve said. “And lavender breeches.”

  “And he’ll be eighty years old with snowy-white hair,” Brigitta added.

  Gwennore eyed the stones with an uneasy feeling. Was no one realizing that an elfin man might have white-blond hair and lavender eyes? When she lifted her gaze, she found Luciana staring at her. At her own white-blond hair and lavender-blue eyes.

  Luciana set the stones down. “I’m sorry. I’m not seeing anything.”

  Gwennore suspected she was, but didn’t want to frighten anyone. She touched Sorcha’s arm. “I’m sure your future will be everything you ever hoped it would be.”

  Sorcha turned toward her, smiling. “We’re real sisters now that you married my brother.”

  Gwennore nodded, smiling back. “Are you going to live here now?”

  Sorcha glanced at their oldest sister, Luciana. “I’m not sure.”

  “You’re Norveshki,” Annika insisted. “You should live here with Gwennore and me.”

  “I suppose,” Sorcha said. “But I’ll miss my other sisters.”

  Gwennore nodded. “I know what you mean. I’m going to miss everyone so much.”

  Brigitta sighed. “It’s the price we pay for being queens.”

  Luciana smiled. “We’ll visit one another often. And remember, it’s always good to be queen.”

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Acknowledgments

  Map

  Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Epilogue

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  Praise

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  EIGHT SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING A DRAGON

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