The Earth Dragon by Tianna Xander

Author:Tianna Xander [Xander, Tianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy, Erotic
ISBN: 9781771112635
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2012-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Get us to the airport as fast as you can, Howard.” Damek barked at his driver as soon as Carter closed the door and hopped into the front seat. “Carter, call the plane’s crew and tell them to have it ready to go when we get there.”

“Yes, sir,” Carter said as Howard put the car in gear and mashed the gas. “Can I assume that your dinner went well?”

“No. You can assume that someone poisoned my mate with the nectar from a tanquila flower.”

“Where have I heard of that before?”

“You heard it last month when one of my people found a live specimen in the mountains in Alaska.” He placed a kiss on her forehead for the contact as much as to see what her temperature was. It was rising quickly. If he didn’t get her the antidote soon, he would lose her before he even had her.

“I knew I’d heard of that somewhere.”

“I wish I never had. I wish that the damned plant was as extinct as we thought was it for so many years.” If it had been, there was no way anyone could have poisoned May with it.

“Call Anderson and tell him to send an agent over to the restaurant. I want to know who tampered with her meal.” He looked down at May. Her creamy complexion grew lighter by the moment. “Just get us to the airport as fast as you can. I have something on the plane that I can give her to help slow down her metabolism.”

It wouldn’t just slow down her metabolism, it would almost stop it. Tetrodotoxin, made from the poison of a puffer fish, would slow her metabolism down so far, it would make her appear dead. He only hoped that the drug, mixed with the poison, didn’t kill her. Damek didn’t want to give it to her, but he didn’t have a choice.

Carter managed to get them to the airport in record time. Damek didn’t wait for him to get out and open the door. He’d flung it open before the limo had even come to a complete stop.

May babbled something incoherent when she fell against his side. Damek wrapped his arm around her, pulled her close, and kissed the top of her head. “It’s okay, little one. I’ll take care of you.”

Taking May into his arms, he got out of the limo and headed to the boarding ladder. The crew had the plane warmed up and ready to go. Its engines rumbled as he crossed the tarmac and climbed up to the entry.

“Sir.” The pilot stood ready when he entered the plane. “Where to, sir?”

“Alaska. On the double. May has been poisoned and we need the antidote,” he said as the man secured the door.

“You know you’ll have to sit with her until we’ve taken off. You won’t do her any good if you get injured during take-off because you’re too stubborn to stay seated. Surely, anything you need to do can wait a few minutes. Otherwise, we’ll have to wait to take off.

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