Aflame by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BA
Published: 2017-06-23T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Cori and I reappeared, falling onto soft carpet. Will swore loudly, and Becks gawped at us, while Kit sat bolt upright on the sofa from where he’d apparently been sleeping. We must have interrupted a crisis group meeting in the shelter’s living room, because even Astor was there, albeit on the other side of the room by the hallway entrance. His brows rose at our appearance, the closest to surprised I’d ever seen him.

“Wish I could do that,” Becks said.

I looked between them. “Guys. How—?”

The brightness faded. The Moonbeam lay on the nearest table. That explained it.

“You got it away from the hunters?” I asked.

“The assassin did,” said Will. “So how was Narnia?”

“Too cold,” I joked. “Well. I’ve no idea where it actually was, but somewhere that’s stuck a few centuries in the past.”

“Narnia?” echoed Kit. “Is that something else I missed in the last two years?”

“Er… not quite,” said Will.

“Looked like the north, or Scotland,” said Cori. “Somewhere with mountains, anyway. The guy who spoke to us was English.”

I faced the others. “This big dragon dude refused to answer our questions and then sent us home.”

“Same guy as before?” asked Will. “What did you do, throw a party and break the furniture?”

“It’s not funny.” Anger sparked, more directed at the bastard who’d kicked us out than anything else. My leg throbbed with pain, blood soaking through my jeans where he’d stabbed me.

“No, it isn’t,” said Cori. “He nearly killed me, and wouldn’t even let us speak to the other dragons.”

“And you’re bleeding,” added Kit. “Is nobody going to mention that part?”

“Yeah. I’ll get a healing spell.”

“No need.” Kit walked over with his hands outstretched. Green light enveloped my bleeding leg, and the pain vanished instantly. He did the same to the cut on my face.

“Thanks,” I said to him.

“I’ve been practising,” he said. “I can probably heal broken bones, but it didn’t work on the zombie.”

I coughed. “You tried to revive an undead?”

“No. Kind of… it was an experiment.”

“Will’s idea,” added Becks.

“Why am I not surprised.” I rolled my eyes. “Apparently nobody’s learned their lesson about misapplied necromancy yet.”

“It’s not necromancy,” Will objected. “I was just curious.”

“Like when you decided to see if fireworks and witch spells went together?” I shook my head at him.

“I tried to warn him,” Becks said. “Now he has Kit working with him, none of us are safe. But really, we were worried about you and needed a distraction. What else happened?”

Between the two of us, Cori and I updated the others on our experiences over lunch. Kit’s healing abilities had taken care of my injuries, but the dragon’s hatred of us stung worse than ever.

“That’s so weird,” said Becks. “You’d think they’d be glad to see you.”

“Apparently not.”

Astor seemed reluctant to meet my eyes, for some reason. Had he expected me to stay with the other dragons, maybe? If last night had taught me anything, it was that I clearly didn’t have the first clue what he was thinking. Hunters wore an

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