Page 100 of Cowboy Dragon's Rose

All of them fearing what the Dragon will do in his anger, in his need for vengeance.

But outweighing that need is something even more imminent. Saving her.

Bringing her back.

Knowing my Casey is in danger?

Not good.

Not fucking good at all.

And it isn’t a sound that alerted me.

Not a sight either.

Just a knowing.

The moment it happens, I feel it.

The matebond flares white-hot across my chest like someone set a goddamn brand to it.

Casey.

My Dragon rears in my mind, roaring so loud I almost swerve off the road.

“Easy,” Max says from his seat next to me.

I’m not sure how he made it so quickly across the ranch, but he was already in my truck when I got there, eyes glowing red with his Devil.

“She’s in trouble.”

“Where is she?” Max barks, sharp and immediate.

“School.”

The word scrapes out of my throat like gravel.

My voice isn’t human at all anymore.

It’s rough and fraying at the edges, distorted by the barely leashed fury of my Dragon.

I’m trying not to shift right here behind the wheel. Every muscle trembles with restraint.

My vision keeps flickering purple-gold at the edges.

We tear down the road, the sky darkening by the second.

Ominous clouds roll in above us like an invading army.

Thunder grumbles, low and threatening. A warning.

And then lightning explodes in a blinding flash that splits the horizon as we come over the hill and see the school.

It’s chaos.

The lot is jammed with police cruisers, sirens flashing, red and blue bouncing off every wet surface.

Parents are screaming. Some are crying, clutching their kids like life rafts in a storm. Others are pounding on the locked front doors, demanding answers.

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