Luka's Secret: Smokey Mountain Dragons by Jadyn Chase

Author:Jadyn Chase [Chase, Jadyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

11

Louise

I exited the Watering Hole to find Luka sitting in the passenger seat of his Jeep. “Are you ready to go?” I asked.

“Ready when you are.” He took hold of the ignition key and turned the motor. “Where are we going today?”

I slid into the passenger seat. “Actually, I don’t have anywhere to go today.”

He jerked around to stare at me. “What do you mean?”

“I don’t have anywhere to go. I’ve been here a week and I’ve investigated all the sites on my list. I’ve seen them all and documented them all.”

“Are you saying you’re finished?” he asked. “Are you leaving, then?”

I shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m still here.”

He glanced down at my handbag. “Did you already write your story?”

“That’s the weird thing. I haven’t written it. My editor is on my tail every day to send him some copy, but I still don’t it. I didn’t send him the pictures, either.”

He sank back in his seat. “Oh.”

“I kept thinking about what you said about the dragon clans protecting their own. I’m not worried about them coming after me, but think about it. If the world finds out, they’ll go after these dragons. They’ll never leave them alone to live in peace. These Clans must have lived in this area for generations and never bothered anybody. They must be normal people except for being dragons.”

He stared through the windshield. “You’re right. They are.”

“Then why should their lives be ruined by a news story? They probably just want to live their lives. My story would destroy them. Wouldn’t it?”

He nodded in silence. How did I know he would understand all this?

I sat back. “Anyway, I don’t have anywhere to go to work on the story. I was thinking we could just go…. somewhere—if you want to, that is. If you don’t, I understand. I know this was always just a job for you.”

He jerked around and glared at me. “This was never just a job to me. As long as you’re here, I’ll take you anywhere you want to go.”

“Anywhere but Parrot’s Perch, right?”

As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted them. I shouldn’t have said that. I should just let it go.

He winced and made a face. “I shouldn’t have done that. I can think of a dozen better ways I could have handled that without lying to you.”

“I understand now why you did it. I don’t blame you. I can see why the world finding out about these dragons wouldn’t necessarily be the best thing for everyone involved.”

He seized the wheel. “You’ve got a job to do. If breaking the story is what you have to do, I won’t try to stop you.”

He kicked down the clutch and backed into the street. In a few seconds, we motored out of town and into the mountains. “Where are we going?” I shouted over the engine.

“To the lookout,” he called back.

I didn’t say anything else. The wind whipped my hair into my face so I had to hold it aside to see anything, but I didn’t mind.

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