Ensnared by Bridget E. Baker

Author:Bridget E. Baker [Baker, Bridget E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Purple Puppy Publishing

14

Admittedly, I was a little naive when I was first bonded. It quickly became clear that any kind of insurrection I wanted to organize would have to be handled with more skill than I possessed. Training for MMA may have left me suited to deal with surprise dragon attacks while using a broken umbrella or a fire poker.

It did not prepare me to lead troops or create spy-like networks.

But perhaps meeting the other Ensnared will be a good thing. Surely one of them, an older and wiser human than I am, will be planning a way to send the dragons home while mitigating the human death toll. One of them must be doing something, and if so, they can teach me. I could finally be of some help.

Also, I feel like I ought to warn them all about the nuclear attack.

As I follow Penelope, I actually feel a sense of purpose. I may not be able to escape with Coral, Jade, Sammy, and Gideon, and I may be stuck here all alone, but perhaps I can still contribute.

Plus, I’m a little excited. I’ve been scared and nervous at the prospect of meeting my mother since we arrived, but then it never happened. She’s bonded to an electro dragon, and that’s where we’re going, so. . . Surely I’ll meet her today, right?

I sort of thought she’d come by to visit me. I’m not sure why I expected that. It’s not like Axel and I have advertised about the kids being here, so she’d have no way of knowing that his Ensnared was anyone special. To her, I’m just another human girl among many. But she did know I could hear the message that day, surely, since I listened to it and escaped with the kids. She might have been somewhat curious about the other Ensnared in case one might be her oldest daughter.

Right?

Only, as we walk and walk and walk—I thought Axel said we were finally living inside the main area—I start to get nervous.

What if Mom’s not Mom? What if she’s evil or something? What if she doesn’t remember me? Or, worse, what if she does, but she blames me for not getting the kids free?

“What’s wrong with you?” Penelope’s a dozen feet ahead by now, and the other Ensnared who came with her are another two or three feet ahead of her. “Hurry up.”

I inhale sharply and pick up the pace. “Sorry. I was thinking.”

“Less daydreaming and more focus,” she says. “Get your head in the game.” When I catch up, she hisses. “I vouched for you, idiot. I told them you weren’t so bad. Don’t make me regret it.”

Penelope vouched for me? Really? “Uh, thanks.”

“I didn’t like you at first, you know.” Her voice is low.

“I had no idea,” I lie.

“Really? I called your Blessed weak.”

I shrug. “He’s an earth dragon, and I know all the others think they’re better.”

“They are better,” she says, “but that doesn’t mean you should be punished.”

I’m not sure I agree with her statement that Axel’s not as good as the other dragons, but I don’t get hung up on it.

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