Page 33 of Red and Her Dragons (Dirty Paranormal Fairytale Haremlan 4)

Jax waved us off. “Whatever. You’re both jealous.”

“Sure… sure…we’ll go with that,” Marcus said. “Just remember working out and you’ll be fine.”

Jax grumbled something under his breath as he continued to work.

About twenty minutes later, the kitchen sparkled. The three of us stood back and admired our handiwork, patting ourselves on the back.

“Let’s head to the war room to plan,” Marcus said and left the room.

Jax followed next, and I took up the tail with a heavy sigh. It was time to face the music and form a plan of action.

Once we made it to the room, we collected around the table that was covered with a cluster of papers. A map of our region covered the wall, and stuck inside it were several red pins that weren’t there before. The pins drew my attention as I pulled out my chair to take a seat.

“What’s all that about?” I asked, pointing to the map. “What do the red pins mean?”

“Those are only a few of the camps I found,” Jax said. “Marcus had me stop before I was finished.”

“How many more are we looking at?” I asked as I counted the number of pins. I stopped when Marcus spoke again.

“It’s how he found them still has me worried,” Marcus said.

“What’s so hard about finding human camps?” I asked. “The fires and other sources of light generally give them away rather easily.”

Jax shook his head. “They didn’t use them.”

“What do you mean by that?” I asked. “How did you find so many camps if none of them used light.”

“By sheer luck and perseverance. It was only by chance that I found them,” he said.

“And with luck, we can find more and figure out what they mean to do with us,” Marcus added. “But not before addressing how close they are to my friend’s home.”

“Right. The plan,” I said and tapped my fingers on the table. “How did you want to handle this? More dividing and conquering?”

Marcus sighed and leaned over the table, propping himself up with his arms. He turned his attention to the map on the wall and sighed again as he stared at it. After several moments, he finally said, “The only way I think we can do this is by patrolling the region all at once.”

A knock sounded on the door. No one needed a guess as to who it was.

I looked at Marcus, waiting for his signal on what to do. He shook his head. I chuckled sarcastically. “You can’t keep her under lock and key forever.”

“I know I can’t,” he said.

“You were there for what she said earlier,” Jax added. “If we don’t include her and give her something to do, she’ll find a way to help on her own and that could be disastrous.”

“I understand that,” Marcus said. His voice sounded strained. Almost as though the topic was trying his patience.

“Well?” Jax said.

“Don’t worry, I’ll let her in.” I stood and walked to the door, gripping the knob and pulling it open.

Emily, stood on the other side with her arms crossed over her chest. “Took you long enough. Did you have to have a delegation on whether or not to let me in?”

“You’re right on time,” I said.

She smiled as I held the door open wider for her to walk through. She sauntered into the room, round ass swaying from side to side as she headed to a chair and took a seat.

“So, what did I miss?” she asked.

“Nothing really,” Jax said.

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