The Destiny Series Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Christine Grey

Author:Christine Grey [Grey, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-06-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

“There’s no way, Darius,” Daniel said. He paced back and forth across the floor, his step so heavy, his boots scuffed the wood beneath him. “There’s no way they can just go off into the desert alone. I won’t have it.”

Darius sat silently in a chair, his long legs stretched out before him, the glow from the fire lighting his face. He gave no indication that he’d heard Daniel’s rant other than when his hands flexed on the arms of his chair.

“Two little girls, out there where anything could happen to them,” Daniel continued. “Dearra’s a fine warrior, but she doesn’t know this region. The animals here are different from home, and they will be outnumbered by Breken.” He resumed his pacing.

Darius stared into the flames before him, his eyes growing darker in the flickering light.

“I don’t know why we let a bunch of Breken dictate to us anyway. Are we men or not?” Daniel slowed his pacing as he saw the effect his last words had on Darius, who had straightened noticeably in his chair. “Not to mention Jacob,” Daniel prodded. “Who knows what trouble he could cause?”

Darius sprang suddenly to his feet and headed towards the stairs.

“Where are you going?” Daniel called.

“To pack. We’ll want to have everything ready if we’re to follow after the girls in the morning.”

A slow smile spread across Daniel’s face, and he followed Darius up the stairs to make ready.

***

Dawn came. Dearra sat behind Carly on Khan as he pranced sideways, eager to be off. He was annoyed to be wearing a bridle, but Carly thought it was better to be safe than sorry, seeing that, if Dearra needed to control the animal, he would not respond to her as he did to Carly.

Hugh stepped forward and took each of the girls’ hands in his own. “Be safe, and hurry back.”

Carly wheeled Khan around, and gave him his head. The men watched as they raced through the cobbled streets. It wasn’t long before the pounding of hooves on stone faded into the distance.

“Darius?” Daniel said.

“Get the horses ready, but there is no rush. I am familiar with their destination. We will be less conspicuous if we wait until they make their way out a bit. Once we’ve reached the dunes we should be able to follow them a bit more closely, but the ground’s too flat until then.”

“I don’t like it,” Daniel said. “What if something happens? What if they need help and we don’t know it?”

“Not to worry, I have ways of knowing these things,” Darius said, smiling broadly.

“Don’t tell me you have some kind of strange fairy powers, too. I don’t think I could handle it if you did.”

“I have something even better than fairy powers.”

“Better?” Daniel asked.

“Yes. I have Brin.”

A smile grew on Darius’s face, which was soon matched by the one on Daniel’s. Somehow, Darius had convinced the dragon to keep their secret from Dearra and agree to help them follow. “How?” was all Daniel could ask.

“I owe it all to you, Daniel.

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