Dragon Heat 2 - Red Hot Dragon by Lolita Lopez

Author:Lolita Lopez [Lopez, Lolita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

weeks old. The mother was weak from birth and the

Knights were able to close in on the couple.” He wiped

his hand down his face. “By the time we reached them,

they’d already killed the mother and were in the process

of torturing the Knight who had fathered the child. He

didn’t survive the night.”

“And the baby?”

A faraway expression crossed his face. “Ignatius

wanted her to have a chance at a normal life. Niko treated

her with some concoction he’d cooked up in his lab to

suppress the Seer blood within her. When it was safe,

Ignatius had her adopted by a human couple so she would

be raised away from the war, away from all the blood and

madness.”

Avani looked back at the laptop screen. “You think this

girl is her?”

He stared at the image on the screen. “She looks just

like her mother, and the baby’s name was Ivy.” He sighed

heavily. “Niko used some of Mad’s blood in the treatment

he devised for the baby. What if that’s why she’s

connected with him now?”

Avani didn’t have an answer for that one. “You need to

find out if Ignatius or Niko kept in touch with her adoptive

family. If this is her and she went missing on vacation, it

wasn’t simple foul play, Griffin. You know it was them.”

“And Mad has probably walked right into a damn trap.”

Growling with frustration, he gazed at the window and

cursed softly before handing her his keys. “Go get your

purse out of my truck and lock it up. We’re staying here

tonight.”

“Here?” She glanced around Mad’s home. “Is it safe?”

“We don’t know how powerful this girl is, and if she’s

under the control of the Knights, she could be mining Mad

for information if he’s been caught. I won’t risk driving

back to your place this close to sunset. We’d be out in the

open. I have to know you’re well-protected.” His

expression softened and he caressed her cheek. “Mad has

an underground cell. It won’t be as comfortable as your

place, but we’ll make do. Once I inform Stig and Ignatius

of our plans, they’ll do their best to get here as quickly as

possible to stand guard over us, just in case.”

Though not thrilled by the idea of roughing it in Mad’s

underground bunker, she recognized that Griffin was trying

to keep them both safe. Knowing how upset he was about

Mad’s disappearance, she didn’t argue with him. Instead,

Avani hurried out to Griffin’s truck to grab her purse and

lock the doors. Back in the house, she found him lugging a

twin-sized mattress downstairs. As if reading her mind, he

explained, “I won’t have you sleeping on cold, hard

cement. No one needs the guest room anyway.”

“Thank you.”

He stopped just long enough to peck her cheek. “See

what you can find in the fridge for a quick dinner but don’t

get your hopes up. Mad’s the kind of guy who only knows

how to barbecue or make sandwiches.”

She watched him disappear into a hallway closet that

had a false back before heading into the kitchen. The water

rings on the countertop made her fingers itch, but the

refrigerator was immaculately clean. Griffin hadn’t been

joking about the food situation. There were stacks of

frozen

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