Air Bound (Dragon of Shadow and Air Book 1) by Jess Mountifield

Author:Jess Mountifield [Mountifield, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

As I made it to the end of the alley, I heard rather than felt more shots, and I desperately hoped that nothing had hit my dragon or me. Unlike the previous two times I’d been running from the agents while they were shooting, my pack was on my front, and that meant nothing was covering my back and protecting it from an attack.

On top of that, Zephyr was on my shoulder. If he was hit and fell asleep, I’d be forced to carry him in my arms. There wouldn’t be time to wrestle his unconscious body back into my bag. He needed to fold up too neatly for me to just stuff him in.

Desperate for somewhere to hide that wasn’t too obvious, I burst out onto one of the main paths through the park. People immediately spotted me and the dragon on my shoulder. Their eyes went wide and one woman even pointed, trying to get the attention of the guy with her.

I didn’t stop running, having no idea what they all must be thinking. I didn’t have time to be careful.

But there was nowhere good to hide. Not only were there too many people, but the agents were gaining on me, and the commotion Zephyr was causing was making it obvious which way I’d gone.

Taking what looked like a smaller path to the right, deeper into the trees, I hoped to find somewhere quiete, somewhere I could get off a path entirely perhaps, but immediately a woman screamed and hastily started doing up her top again, she and an over-amorous lover pulling away from each other.

I didn’t waste my breath apologizing when they’d picked such a public place to make out but hurried down the path.

I hadn’t gotten much farther before agents appeared ahead of me as well, talking on radios as they spotted me.

Shitsticks.

Once more I ran to the right, hurling myself through a gap in the trees as I felt Zephyr wobble on my shoulder. I flung an arm up to steady him, but it made running harder, and I missed seeing a low-hanging branch on that side. I ducked it just in time, wobbling as I ran.

And came out into a small clearing.

Not what I wanted.

I needed dense, dark trees. Somewhere I could shelter and get lost while I found a way past these agents.

More men came up behind me, and Zephyr let out a whoosh and a roar again from my shoulder. This time I whirled and stepped back in time to see an agent inhale the cloud of gas Zephyr had created.

The agent was soon paralyzed, the same way the earlier one had been. I shoved him into the path of another agent and knocked them both over. Then I set off again in the other direction.

I tried to get across the clearing, but more agents appeared ahead, the pair I’d hurt among them. Growling my frustration, I ground to a halt and tried to run to the left.

More shots rang out, and this time something hit Zephyr.

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