1-Going Down in Flames by Chris Cannon

Author:Chris Cannon [Cannon, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, jennifer armentrout, forbidden love, boarding school, dragons, wendy higgins, kiersten white
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Sunday morning, Bryn smacked the alarm clock and went back to sleep. Thanks to a late-night run to the vending machines, she had a stockpile of food. Her stomach allowed forty more minutes of rest before it growled loud enough to startle her awake.

Maybe she should’ve eaten a snack before she went to bed.

The chocolate-frosted doughnuts on the nightstand called to her. The sound of crinkling cellophane made her smile. It was the sound of instant gratification. She may not have a lot of friends or an active social life, but snack cakes and doughnuts would tide her over until she graduated.

The chocolate icing tasted like fudge and melted on her hands. Since there was no one to witness her behavior, she licked the icing off her fingers. Once she worked her way through the package, she retrieved a can of soda from the bathroom sink.

The ice she’d exhaled into the sink to chill the sodas had melted, but the cans were still cold. Would Blues approve of her domestic use of their breath weapon? Probably not. How would Jaxon react to the idea that he was a virtual ice machine? Chuckling to herself, she climbed back into bed, intent on finishing her book.

She’d read for hours last night. The book was a blend of romance and suspense. The knight and the dragon faced terrible adversity. After the battle had ended, the dragon was searching for her knight. If the author let the knight die, Bryn planned to track the woman down and kick her in the shins.

Two packages of doughnuts later, Bryn wiped at the happy tears rolling down her cheeks. “I’m such a sap.” She tossed the book on her nightstand and headed for the shower.

Next up. Homework. Dressed in comfortable clothes, she sat cross-legged on the living room floor, plowing through assignments. She planned to finish before lunchtime and go to the gym. Noon rolled around, and any fuel from the doughnuts was long gone. Time to hit the café on the first floor.

A few other students sat in the small café area. Each marked their table with a pile of books and scattered notes. Greens weren’t the most social dragons. She picked a corner table and wolfed down two cheeseburgers and a double order of fries. The salty fries helped balance out the sweets she’d eaten earlier.

The gym wasn’t crowded. Half the students were Blue males. There was a healthy amount of male and female Reds, but none she recognized. Octavius and Vivian were in a corner ring performing some type of stick fighting. Curious, she wandered over to observe.

The moves were choreographed so the thick wooden sticks smacked against one another rather than the individuals fighting. The resonant sound reminded her of drums. She suspected the weapons were hollow. After a few moments, she detected a melody.

The two Orange dragons finished and bowed to each other.

Bryn gave a small round of applause. “That was amazing.”

“It’s a traditional exercise among our Clan,” Vivian said.

“What’s the melody?”

“Different songs are used for different occasions.

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