Inferno by Julie Kagawa

Author:Julie Kagawa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-27T19:31:50+00:00

Dante

“Welcome back, sir.”

I nodded absently to the guard as I strode through the doors of Talon headquarters, both relieved and apprehensive to be home. I’d destroyed the letter from Ember’s mysterious friend long before I left China, but the words written on that page had haunted me the entire journey back to the States.

The Elder Wyrm intends to use Ember to extend her own life, to achieve immortality.

It couldn’t be true. I’d thought—I’d always assumed—that the Elder Wyrm would leave Talon to one or both of us when she finally left the world. I’d been working toward that ever since I discovered my true heritage, preparing for the day I would take over. It would obviously be me; Ember had no head for business or politics and no desire to manage a giant conglomerate of dragons. She would still be part of Talon, however, and I would make sure she was safe and taken care of.

But if the Elder Wyrm was trying to become immortal...

I strode through the building, giving short, one-word answers to any who tried to engage me. In the relative privacy of the elevator, I pulled out my phone and tapped a familiar number, then held it to my ear. Someone picked up on the first ring.

“Hello, Mr. Hill,” said the Elder Wyrm’s personal assistant. “Welcome back. How was your trip overseas?”

“Fine, thank you,” I replied automatically. “Where is the CEO?”

“The Elder Wyrm is in an emergency meeting right now and cannot be disturbed. I will inform her of your arrival as soon as she is finished.”

Emergency meeting? I frowned. What was going on? It wasn’t like the Elder Wyrm to keep me in the dark. Though this might work out perfectly; she would be distracted for a bit. I really did not want to face her right now. “That’s fine,” I told the assistant. “No hurry. I just wanted to inform her that I was back.”

There was one guard standing at the elevators on the ground floor and a pair watching the hall as I stepped onto my office floor. More security; something had definitely happened while I was away. After informing my personal assistant that I was not to be disturbed unless it was a summons from the Elder Wyrm herself, I slipped into my office and locked the door behind me.

I sat at my desk and stared at the computer screen for a long moment, debating with myself. Did I really want to do this? Go poking around the Elder Wyrm’s private affairs? What if I confirmed something horrible, something I could not ignore? What would I do? Confront the Elder Wyrm? Demand answers from the leader of Talon, the oldest, most powerful dragon in the world? I almost laughed out loud at the thought.

This is for Ember, Dante.

Ember was created to be the Elder Wyrm’s vessel, the letter had claimed. It was a place to start. I certainly couldn’t ask the Elder Wyrm about it, but there were others who might know the truth.

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