The Dragonfly in The Garden: Book Two

King Bendigeidfran turned to look at the young woman. Her face was flush from the exercise, but she was not out of breath.

The king spoke in his language in a calm tenor, "Do you know why I am here, Dominique of Earth?"

King Bendigeidfran expected Dominique to look at his son for translation, but when she answered in the same language with flawless grammar, he gained a new respect for the little woman before him.

Dominique paused before she answered King Bendigeidfran. She did not look to Prin...