Saved: A Why Choose Academy Shifter Romance (Thornbriar Academy Book 3) by Cali Mann

Author:Cali Mann [Mann, Cali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thornfire Publishing Co.
Published: 2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

19

Brenton

I met Adrian’s eyes across the old barn they’d locked us up in. Each of us had our own cell with iron bars surrounding us. With some time and effort, I could melt the iron. The outside of the barn was made of wood, so I could easily burn through it. I eyed the guards, each of their guns focused on us. The humans didn’t trust us. They knew we were shifters.

But they didn’t know I was a dragon.

Strolling over toward the bars closest to Adrian’s cell, I watched the red dots flicker across my chest. I leaned against the metal, and the humans winced. I chuckled low in my throat. We weren’t bloody fairies to be repelled by iron.

“Hey, Adrian,” I said casually.

He raised an eyebrow. “Yes?”

“I’m awfully hungry,” I said, and the humans leaped back from the bars. Guns or not, they were terrified of us and had no way to tell one kind of shifter from another.

“Yeah, lunch was a while ago. Hey,” he called to one of the guards, flashing a smile. “Any chance you all will bring us grub?”

“No—” the guard began, but one of the others shoved him and he quieted.

“Do you think they really intend to keep those things aimed at us forever?” Terrin asked, leaning against the front of his cage. His topaz eyes studied the guards intently, and despite their training, they flinched under his inspection. “It’s gotta be tiring.”

Mom shrieked, and all the guards swung in her direction.

“I’ll distract. Stuff your ears,” Adrian hissed. “Fire the bars. Can you do it?”

I nodded.

“Oh,” Mom squeaked. “I thought I saw a mouse.”

Grumbles rolled through the ten or so human guards as they swung back to their posts.

I motioned to Terrin and Mom to close their ears, and I hoped they understood my pantomime. Tearing a strip of cloth off the bottom of my shirt, I stuffed a piece in each ear.

“What are you doing?” one of the guards asked.

“Nothing,” I said, shrugging, my eyes on the ground.

His gun focused on my chest. I tended the fire that burned within me, feeding it my anger and my rage. My mate was back at Thornbriar, and I couldn’t be there to help her because these idiots were holding me back.

Adrian opened his mouth, and I wasn’t sure what came out, but the humans’ jaws dropped, their eyes widening. Their guns dropped to the floor, and they clustered around the front of his cage.

Even though I couldn’t hear his siren’s song, I stared, a little slack-jawed myself. With a shake, I turned toward the lock on the door and focused my fire on it. Funneling my emotions through it, the lock heated rapidly.

Terrin and Mom watched me, not Adrian, so I guessed they’d gotten the message.

I didn’t know how long Adrian could keep it up so I worked as fast as I could, heating the edges of the lock until it melted enough to give way. As soon as it did, I shoved open the door and stepped out.

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