Burning Bright (Going Down in Flames) by Chris Cannon

Author:Chris Cannon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Teen, teen romance, ya romance, ya, shifter, shifters, dragon shifters, school, fantasy, fire and ice, enemies to lovers, fish out of water, urban fantasy, dragon school, paranormal, paranormal romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Teen)
Published: 2018-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Bryn came to accept Jaxon as her ever-present escort. He didn’t seem to mind, which was strange, and he even joked around with her. Maybe they were reaching a comfortable stage of their not-quite-real relationsip.

At dinner Thursday night, Bryn was grateful to be alone with Clint and Ivy, which made her feel guilty. “I feel like a terrible person because all I want is to walk somewhere by myself.”

“Being around Jaxon almost twenty-four hours a day has to be an interesting experience,” Clint said. “Who knows, maybe you’ll find some common ground.”

“Maybe. And he’s been great about everything, but I’m pretty sure he’s over there telling his friends that he’s tired of being my shadow.”

Ivy peered past Bryn. “He’s not at his table.”

“What?” Bryn turned around. Quentin sat there with some other Blues, but Jaxon wasn’t one of them. Maybe he was in the food line. She checked the buffet. Nope. “Okay, where did he go?”

“He could be in the restroom,” Clint said. “Give it a few minutes before you panic.”

It seemed like anyone within her gravitational pull eventually ended up in trouble. “I’m hoping my chaos magnet hasn’t rubbed off on him.”

When he didn’t show up in five minutes, Bryn stood and approached Quentin. “Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt, but I noticed Jaxon wasn’t here.”

Quentin pointed at a plate of food, which looked untouched. “He said he’d be back in a minute, but it’s been awhile.”

“Not to raise any red flags, but I’m not a fan of people going anywhere alone.”

“Understandable,” Quentin said. “Why don’t we go check on him.”

Jaxon had known Quentin forever, so Bryn had no reason to mistrust him, but she also didn’t know him very well. “Let’s grab Clint just in case we’re outnumbered.”

Quentin didn’t comment. He just followed Bryn back to her table. “Clint, come for a walk with us.”

Ivy stood. “You’re not leaving me here by myself.”

“The more the merrier,” Bryn said.

“Let’s check the restroom first,” Quentin said.

When they reached the restroom, Clint and Quentin went in and came back out thirty seconds later. “We need to alert the guards. There’s blood on the floor.”

Damn. Damn. Damn. “Clint, you and Ivy go find a guard. Quentin and I will keep looking.”

“If he wasn’t injured, he would’ve come back to our table,” Quentin said.

“Unless someone cut him off.” She looked around, getting her bearings. There was a long hallway to her left. “There are private dining rooms down that hall.” There was a short hallway to her right. “I think that leads to the kitchens.”

“Let’s go this way.” Quentin headed to the private dining rooms.

Splitting up would save time, but it wouldn’t be smart, so Bryn followed him, activating her elemental sword. Quentin glanced back and his eyebrows went up, but he didn’t comment. They approached the first dining room but didn’t see anyone inside.

Voices came from farther down the hall. The words were indistinct. Quentin ran ahead and threw open the door and then laughed. “It looks like we were worried about nothing.

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