Dragon's Challenge by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Even bundled up in the sleeping bags, Maura was cold without Stephen’s arms around her. Tears froze on her lashes as the night wore on treacherously slow. Her leopard paced and hissed, too agitated to allow her to sleep. Close to dawn, Evan left the tent. She could hear him rummaging around outside, but she didn’t care to go find out what he was doing. When he returned, the soft glow of a laptop soon lit the tent.

Maura lifted her head, staring over at him in confusion. “Why did you get another laptop?”

“Because I’m the technology specialist,” Evan replied. “That’s what I brought to the team. It’s not like I’m all muscly like the other guys.”

Maura rolled to a seated position, pulling the sleeping bags tighter around herself. “Not as muscly? You could bench-press a car.”

“And the rest of them could bench-press a bus.” Evan scowled as he propped the laptop on his knees. “I’m not exactly the best fighter, either. I might be a dragon, but most other shifters would be able to take me. I’m a nerd,” he added, glancing up. “That’s why I was chosen for the team.”

“Well… we did need a technology specialist,” Maura admitted. There were other candidates who were more in line with the physical prowess of the rest of the Blaze Ops, but ultimately, they’d gone for Evan. He was still strong, still physically able, and was the best at the technical stuff that they needed. “But we’re out in the middle of nowhere. Can you even hook up to the internet out here?”

Evan fiddled with the computer, then opened a bag. “I did a lot of shopping. I might not be able to connect right now, but give me a couple of hours and I will be able to.”

Maura touched the flash drive still in her pocket. It wasn’t a good idea to keep it out like this. It would be too easily broken or lost. Trying to put the fact that Stephen wasn’t back yet from her mind, she focused. She’d told her target to have the bounties repealed by noon today; they’d need to get into a new town to check that. But if Stephen didn’t come back—

If Stephen doesn’t come back, that’s his problem. Even though her stomach twisted, she couldn’t let herself get distracted again.

“Did you pick up those condoms like I asked?”

Evan’s head jerked up. His face went red as he glanced to one side. “I, uh, I didn’t think you’d actually need those. ‘Cause, you know, I’m here. It’s not like you and Stephen can… and I don’t think he’ll really want to now, when he’s—”

“I wasn’t thinking about having sex,” Maura snapped. Her head pounded, a mix of hunger, dehydration and the emotional toll all this stress was having on her. “Did you get them?”

Evan pulled a box from the bag his laptop had been in and tossed it over. Maura grunted as she ripped it open. She focused only on what she was

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