Page 4 of Firedrake Betrayal
Isaiah points. “I count twenty heartbeats heading right this way. I’d say the collector has returned with backup to collect us.”
“Shep?” I turn. He’s already lifting Brennan and tossing him over his shoulder with the ease of someone lifting a jacket.
“Let’s go,” I say.
We’re headed in the opposite direction to the twenty heartbeats Isaiah warned us about when I spot it.
“Patten?” Shep asks when I stop to dig something out of the ground. “We need to go.Now.”
I lift the metal chain the dragon was wearing, dangling it between my fingers.
“Jade gets the chain off him, and dragon guy thanks her for it by snatching her,” I bite out.
She wouldn’t have chosen to go with him.
Not after she saw her dad get hit by a bolt, and not when she would want to be with us.
“He’s dead, Shep, that dragon guy is dead,” I snarl.
Sheps eyes flash gold. “One thing at a time. Let’s get Brennan out of here, and we can deal with getting Jade back after.”
Once we figure out where she is.
My eyes settle on the unconscious Brennan draped over Shep’s shoulder. Dominik has wings, so who the fuck knows where he could have taken her?
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JADE
Iblink my eyes open, and I frown.
Whose bed am I in? Scratch that. Whoseroomis this?
Nothing about the dimly lit room is familiar.
As I sit up, the sheet covering me slides down. I’m more confused than ever when I clock what I’m wearing. A gold silk nightdress with thin sleeves and lace borders. It looks and feels expensive.
I don’t own anything like this. So where the hell did it come from?
Then the double doors on my left swings open and a dark-haired man in a pair of black pants and a white shirt stalks in the dimly lit room.
I don’t recognize him.
“Ah, awake at last.” He beams at me.
I take in the man’s handsome face, his short dark hair, bare cheeks, and bright green eyes. “Dominik?”
He crosses over to me and leans down.
I scoot away. “What are you doing?”
“Kissing my beautiful wife.”
The last time I saw him, he had a long beard, a habit of growling like a dog, and thick, matted hair. Now he looks like a fashion model with sharp cheekbones, a strong jaw, and thick, sooty black lashes.
His appearance distracts me.
Then, so does something even more important.
