Dragon's Hope (Red Planet Dragons of Tajss Book 4) by Miranda Martin & Juno Wells

Author:Miranda Martin & Juno Wells [Martin, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-23T18:30:00+00:00

13

Astarot

New humans. I don't recognize them, where do they come from?

My bonds cut into my flesh, tearing, biting through my skin and leaving me chafed. Shifting, I strain until I can see the new additions. One of them is a pretty, curvy girl with a bright red mane. Her face and eyes are pink and swollen with falling moisture.

The other is dark-skinned, a warm color that reminds me of the eyes of a bivo. She's hurt, lying in a ball not moving, but I see her sides rise and fall so she's not dead. Her hair is short and curly, pretty, different. She fought the slavers the hardest. I heard her screaming though I didn't know what her words were.

Where did these women come from? They aren't from Drakonov, that much I know, so where?

The transport hums, vibrates, then it feels like we rise before it jerks into motion. We're off again, to where I don't know. Testing the bonds I stretch and pull, searching for any weakness. They used a rough rope to bind my tail and wings which seems to get looser the more I work it. Chains bind my hands and feet but if I can free my tail, I can be deadly enough.

Lana pulls my attention. The guard watches as she moves over and sits down next to the red-maned female. They talk in their common tongue. Rapid fire words going back and forth. I should learn it but the sounds are difficult. Shidan did it, so it's not impossible, but I've never needed it before.

The new girl glances at me and I can only call her look one of fear. Why she seems just as afraid of me as the pirates I don't understand, but humans are strange. They talk for several minutes. I want to know who they are, what they are doing, where they are from, but I can't do anything about that. Instead I focus on what I can do something about. Closing my eyes I inhale as deep as I can then exhale it all, collapsing my chest to its limits. This loosens the bindings on my wings and tail a little. Shifting my tail, the rope adjusts giving me the smallest bit more leeway.

"There are others!" Lana says, cutting into my breathing exercises.

"I see that," I say, opening my eyes.

"No, not just these two, others!"

Lana's voice lilts up and her smile is bigger than I've ever seen. The girl next to her looks between the two of us then says something. Lana answers her then they engage in another long conversation. I wait, patient, certain she will return to my own questions in time. It gives me time to work on the bonds. When the talking stops, I open my eyes again and arch an eye.

"You look too logical when you do that," Lana says.

"What do you mean?"

"Like Spock, you're all cold and logical," she says.

"Who is Spock? Do I know this person?"

Lana shakes her head. "No, forget it. Bad analogy, I never liked those shows, anyway.

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