Smoked by Mari Mancusi

Author:Mari Mancusi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 2015-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

“What the hell were you two idiots thinking?”

Trinity slammed the door to the office shut, whirling around to face Caleb and Scarlet. She looked from one to the other, trying to quell the fury that burned through her like a fire. Raking a hand through her hair, she stormed over to a chair, pulled it out, and sat down on it backward. Then she gestured for the two of them to take a seat on the nearby couch.

“I want to know everything. From the very beginning. And don’t even think of leaving anything out.”

And so they told her the tale, everything that had been going on behind her back the whole time. When they had finished, she shook her head in disbelief. “Why couldn’t you have just come to me?” Trin asked. “I mean, from the very beginning?”

She could hear the hurt creeping into her voice, despite her best efforts. But who could blame her? While sure, there was no love lost between her and Scarlet, she had thought at least Caleb was on her side. They’d been so close. And yet he hadn’t trusted her to keep this secret.

And neither had Emmy, she realized, suddenly feeling a little nauseous. What kind of person did they think she was—that they couldn’t trust her with their secrets?

“Come on, Trin,” Caleb interjected. She noticed his face was still bruised from where his brother had struck him. But his leg looked better—Zavier must have shared some of his blood to help it heal. “You know as well as I do that if we brought the dragons to you as babies, everyone would have assumed, like Emmy did, that they were hybrids and a threat to the world. Sure, you may not have gone and actually sentenced them to death, but you would have at least locked them up until you could determine the risk for sure.” He gave her a half-cocked grin. “Hell, you should be grateful we saved you the trouble!”

“Saved me the trouble?” she repeated incredulously. “Are you even on this planet? We just freaking live streamed Dragon World War Three to four million people. I mean, maybe you haven’t noticed, but we’ve been working our asses off to sway public opinion when it comes to dragons. And now everything’s ruined. You think anyone’s going to be Team Emmy now? Do you think we’re going to get people writing their congressmen in favor of dragons being allowed to roam free after seeing that firestorm?”

“A firestorm created by your dragon,” Scarlet broke in. “May I remind you that Zavier was only trying to defend himself after your stupid dragon viciously attacked him for no reason. Hell, she’s admitted she’s wanted them dead from day one. So who’s really the bad guy here?”

Trin closed her eyes, trying to reset her sanity. She didn’t even know what to say at this point or if it was even worth saying anything at all. After all, what good would it do? The most she could hope for was an apology.

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