Southern Myths by Amy Boyles

Author:Amy Boyles [Boyles, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-15T05:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

“So the dragon’s already causing problems.”

I sat in Garrick Young’s office. I sat in a chair with Hugo perched next to me. “He didn’t cause the problem, but that’s neither here nor there.”

Garrick threaded his fingers together and propped his elbows on his desk. “He breathes fire.”

I smirked. “Maybe it’s like removing scent glands in ferrets. You remove a gland, stop a dragon breathing fire, no one gets hurt.”

Garrick chuckled. “I don’t think it works that way.”

I cocked a brow. “Are you sure?”

“Yes,” he said in a sobering tone.

I patted Hugo’s head. His tongue lolled from his mouth like a dog’s. “It may have seemed like he was about to barbecue those creatures, but he wasn’t. I know he wasn’t. I could feel it.”

Garrick leaned back and stretched his legs out to the side of the desk. “It may have seemed to you like he wasn’t going to hurt those animals, but I’ve got about ten witnesses who say otherwise.”

I shrugged. “I don’t know what to say. My uncle ordered him before I ever arrived in Magnolia Cove. My grandmother says this little guy is supposed to protect me. He’s only a few days old.”

“And already scaring the masses.”

Someone knocked on the door. Garrick’s gaze swiveled from me. “It’s open.”

A dark head of hair popped in. “I hear there was a ruckus in the park.”

My heart fluttered to my throat. Axel.

“Come on in.”

Axel shut the door behind him and leaned against it. His gaze flitted to me briefly before settling on Garrick. “I heard the basics. Seems to me there was a bit of hysteria.”

“It’s a dragon,” Garrick said.

Axel crossed his arms. “It’s a baby.”

“That breathes fire.”

“That’s what I’ve been saying,” I said quickly. “It breathes fire. People will be afraid of it.”

Axel glared at me as if to say whose-side-are-you-on? “It can be trained otherwise. It’s young.”

Garrick drummed his fingers on the chair’s armrests. “I don’t need these folks to be in danger. Or even to feel like they’re in danger from one of the familiars.”

“No one was hurt. From what I understand the dragon wasn’t going after the witches.”

“He wasn’t,” I added quickly. “Hugo wasn’t attacking anyone. He was trying to break up a fight the other animals were having. A cat attacked a dog and then a whole bunch of animals started fighting. If you want to point fingers at an animal, you need to find the cat that started the mess to begin with.” I folded my arms defiantly. “I can find the attack kitty if you need me to. I was there. I’m a witness.”

A slow smile curled on Garrick’s lips. “So according to you, the dragon didn’t start the ruckus.”

“Right. He was trying to end it.”

Garrick’s gaze focused on me. “Do you have proof?”

I faltered. “Anyone there can tell you that Hugo didn’t singe a hair on anyone. But can they explain what I felt? That Hugo’s entire intent was to stop the fight? I can’t give you a one hundred percent ‘yes’ on that.

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