Fire Rising (Dark Kings) by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781466837669
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014-06-02T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Sammi opened the iPad and hit the music icon. Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” began a slow, sexy beat. Sammi began to sing along as she leaned back in the chair.

The song reminded her too much of her time with Tristan. The words got locked in her throat, clogging it until the emotion began to overwhelm her.

She quickly hit the forward button and Kings of Leon blared through the speakers. It helped to chase away the feelings she didn’t want to face.

Sammi got to her feet and walked around the sparse room. She guessed it was a room. It looked more like a small cave, and since they were inside a mountain, she assumed that’s exactly what it was.

“Sammi!”

She whirled around as Jane came running into the room, her arms wrapping around her tightly. Sammi closed her eyes and held onto her sister.

“Are you all right?” Jane asked.

Sammi nodded and tightened her grip. “I guess you know all of it?”

Jane laughed and pulled back. “We’ve known since before you left. You told Tristan and Banan everything.”

“No, I didn’t.” She was sure she hadn’t. She had gone out of her way to give them just enough to leave her alone.

It was the way Jane suddenly wouldn’t meet her gaze that told Sammi something had happened, something she wasn’t going to like.

“Jane, I didn’t tell them.”

Her sister dropped her arms and stepped back. “Laith told us that you know who Banan and Tristan are.”

“Yes, but that’s not the point.”

“It is,” Jane insisted. “If you know they’re Dragon Kings, then you must also know that each has a certain … gift, you could say.”

“Gift?” Sammi repeated, dread seeping into her pores. “What type of gift?”

Jane shrugged nonchalantly. “Each is different.”

“What is Tristan’s?”

Jane visibly cringed. “Don’t be angry with him. He was doing exactly what Banan and I asked.”

“Jane,” Sammi urged.

“He can make you tell the things you wouldn’t otherwise.”

Sammi rubbed her forehead and desperately tried to contain the rage that bubbled within her. “So the night I felt calmer and more at ease…”

“Was the night you told them everything, yes,” Jane said grudgingly. “He gave you some peace at least.”

“And you all allowed me to sneak off?”

Jane bit her lip. “Sammi—”

“While they followed me?”

Of course. It all fit into place now. No wonder Tristan had found her so easily. She had believed she’d gotten away from the Mob, but in reality Tristan had been protecting her.

So much for her having the courage to face the time alone out in the wild. She hadn’t been alone. She had never been in any danger.

That wasn’t what riled her so. It was how easily Tristan had controlled her mind into spilling the secrets she had been protecting. If he did it once, he could do it again.

“Tristan tried to get me to come back here from the very beginning,” she said as she glared at Jane.

Jane’s smile was weak. “I begged him to return you any way he could.”

Sammi began to laugh. What a fool she had been.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.