Drakon's Prey (Blood of the Drakon) by N.J. Walters

Author:N.J. Walters [Walters, N.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, enemies to lovers, stranded together, Paranormal, Blood of the Drakon, paranormal romance, bad boy, N.J. Walters, Drakon, Romance, reluctant hero, woman in peril, Select Otherworld, PNR, dragon, Alpha hero
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-04-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Tarrant looked down at his chest, certain his heart had been ripped from his body. There was no other way to explain the pain coursing through him. Valeriya was not only outside, but she was talking with Riggs.

How had she gotten out of the bunker? Was she more technically savvy than she’d let on? Had she been waiting for Riggs all along?

Smoke billowed from his nose, and he had to drag himself back under control before he compromised his location. Valeriya had betrayed him, and she knew his biggest secret. Worse, she would tell Riggs, and her sister, about this place. About his brothers.

He would have to destroy it. After he dealt with them.

His dragon roared inside him. Even after this obvious betrayal, the creature still wanted Valeriya. So be it. Maybe he wouldn’t kill her, but she’d never see the outside again, and he’d never trust her.

He kept all his senses open and listened. He needed to know what she told Riggs.

“We should leave here. We can talk on the way.” Valeriya huddled near the end of the porch with her arms wrapped around her. She had to be cold.

Tarrant didn’t like that. He shook his head in disgust. What did it matter when the woman had betrayed him?

Riggs leaned against the railing, his gun still in his hand. “Why are you in such a hurry to leave?”

“You caught me. There’s really no reason to hang around here. I’m tired of roughing it.”

Tarrant frowned. This wasn’t right. Why wasn’t she telling Riggs everything she knew? Did she know he was out here? She had to, he supposed. If he’d stayed inside, she never would have found a way out.

“Not so fast,” Riggs told her. “I want to know why you’re here. How did you find out about this place?”

Tarrant narrowed his gaze. Valeriya was trembling. From the cold or from fear, he couldn’t say. His nails turned to claws and dug into the tree he was hiding in.

“What does it matter?”

Riggs stirred from his position and pushed away from the railing. “Call it my need to know.” There was an underlying threat that had Tarrant fighting to keep his beast in check.

“Fine.” Valeriya looked out over the yard. “When I last visited Karina and she left to get ready, I went into her office. There was a pad of paper on the desk. I ran a pencil over it and got an impression of numbers.” She turned her gaze back to Riggs. “They were coordinates that led me here.”

Riggs chuckled. “So much fuss because of this. Why did you bother to come here?”

Valeriya shrugged. “I overheard part of a phone conversation as well. I knew Karina was looking for a man and that he’d been here. I thought I could warn him if he came back.”

Tarrant’s heart began to beat faster. She was telling Riggs exactly what she’d told him. Was she what she seemed to be in all this—a courageous, innocent woman?

But if that was the case, how had she gotten outside and why?

Riggs shook his head.

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