Page 86 of The Breeding Cave
“We have to go back,” I said, clawing at his back. “Please.”
He continued running. “No.”
“Yes.”
“No!” he growled, silencing me. “We’re meeting Brent at the cave, and then I’m going back.”
“I’m coming with you!” I shouted. “You’re not going alone. I’m not going to lose you.”
“As long as a baby is in your belly, you’ll always have a piece of me, Yeosin.”
All my brattiness disappeared, and I remembered the promise that I’d made to myself. I would have the baby for Luciano before I died, which meant that I couldn’t die yet. I couldn’t run into the fire. I had no powers. I was helpless.
But the monster from the forest earlier was right.
Against the Dragon Clan, the beasts were weak without the Colossals. The beasts couldn’t save me. They were very strong, but they couldn’t reach the skies. They couldn’t fly. They couldn’t protect me.
Maybe only I could protect myself.
CHAPTER
FORTY-FIVE
YEOSIN
Ten minutes later, Luciano approached familiar territory with me still in his arms. We had gotten way too far away, and I couldn’t remember which way the battle was anymore, so I couldn’t go back to help if I tried.
“Fuck!” someone hissed from about a quarter mile ahead, near the cave.
Luciano set me down, and I followed the rambling of curses. Brett stood with a pair of jeans hanging low on his hips, a pained expression on his face. A sizzling burn stretched from his right shoulder, across his chest and ribs, then down his abdomen to his jeans.
My eyes widened, and I grabbed his hand and tugged him into the cave. Would the hot spring help soothe his burns? I wasn’t sure, but I knew that Luciano had some medication back there. I believed Molly had brought it at one point.
Some jealous hothead growled behind me, but I shot him a glare and continued walking with Brett toward the back of the cave. How could Luciano be jealous right now out of all times? I was directing Brett to get healed, for fuck’s sake!
Once we made it into the back room, I dropped Brett’s hand and rummaged through the goods in the corner. There had to be something, somewhere, right? There were scented soaps, lotion, shampoo …
In the middle of my search, I heard chatter coming from the other area of the cave. I glanced over my shoulder to see a group of Colossals walk into the room, including Ruby. Luciano stepped in front of me and growled at them.
I stopped what I was doing and turned around to see Brett eyeing them down too.
“Get the fuck out of here,” Luciano snarled, claws and teeth lengthening. “Now!”
The Colossals were burned so badly. So, so badly …
My mind wandered back to the battle. What scared me the most was that the dragon who had tried to capture me … he looked so familiar. His facial structure was one that I had seen before, but I swore that I had never laid my eyes upon a dragon in real life.
Maybe he was one of Alvin’s goons.
“Stop it,” I shouted at Luciano, standing in front of the Colossals. “They protected me.”
“Get out of my way, Yeosin,” he growled at me.
I glared up at him and crossed my arms. “No.”
His lip twitched. “Yeosin.”
“Luciano, they haven’t been the cause of the fire in my nightmares,” I said.
