Listen by Helena Owen

Author:Helena Owen [Owen, Helena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

Six

Lily began to transform and Adira didn’t even wait. With the highest, loudest scream she could manage, she threw herself forward and dove under the blade of the sword, driving her shoulder into his midriff. He went over with a yell and they hit the ground hard, rolling in opposite directions. Adira grabbed the sword and scrambled away, hissing at the pain of new bruises.

She was not enjoying this vacation as much as she had hoped. She swung the sword hard, feeling it connect with something and hoping against hope that it was the dragon hunter and not Lily. The very human yell seemed to support that, but she had no idea what she’d hit—or even if she’d hit it with the sharp part of the blade. It had taken both hands and a turning start even to get the blade to lift. She was developing a new appreciation for medieval knights.

Lily pounced without further ado, rippling past Adira in a flutter of scales and teeth and claws. She bowled into the dragon hunter and they tumbled into the depths of the cave, rolling over and over as he yelled and she snarled. Her scales shimmered in their own light.

An explosion of magic knocked Adira off her feet and she sprawled across the floor, whimpering with pain. She could hear Lily screaming and the man laughing maniacally, and all of a sudden, anger was roaring through her. This was Lily—Lily. And this guy who didn’t know her at all was trying to kill her.

Well, he wasn’t going to get a chance. What sort of person went around killing people he didn’t know? Hunting them down in front of people he thought were their life partners? It was…

…Well, “rude” probably wasn’t the correct word for it. Adira didn’t have words for this situation. She left the sword where it was and sprinted into the fray, dragging the man off of Lily and punching him in the face. For good measure, she punched him twice more, and then, because she couldn’t think what else to do, she kicked him in the shins. He went down, howling.

And then Lily was there again, pouring blood across her scales. Her teeth flashed in the darkness and the man screamed, and then there was nothing but silence—Adira gasping for breath, hearing the slow heave of Lily’s breath.

“Oh my God,” Adira whispered. “Quick, change back. How badly are you hurt?”

“I don’t…” Lily’s voice was half hiss. “I’m not sure.” She sounded like she was gritting her teeth with pain and when she transformed, she stumbled into Adira’s arms.

Adira got her down onto the floor, almost crying with fear. The gash lay along her side, seeping blood through the tank top. Lily whimpered when Adira touched the wound.

“How deep is it?”

“Just…just skin, I think.” But it was bleeding so much, so fast. Adira could feel her throat closing with fear. She needed to get Lily back to the hotel, to a hospital, and she wasn’t sure how to get them back out of whatever strange world they were in.

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