Acne, Asthma and Other Signs You Might be Half Dragon by Rocford Rena

Author:Rocford, Rena
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620070390
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Published: 2015-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Three Days Before

riving down the interstate, a pack of motorcycles came up behind us. I put my hand on Beth’s head, and she hid under the dashboard. The Harley Davidsons with chrome everything roared past us. The main bodies looked like painted teardrops. I knew nothing about bikes except the ones painted in neon went really fast. These were all maroons and blacks. I scanned the crowd for Reggie, but I didn’t see him. After they passed, Beth peeked back up from under the dashboard.

“Well?” Beth asked.

“I can’t tell if they’re Kin just by looking.”

“You’ll learn,” she said. “If we live long enough.”

The gas gauge sat on the empty line, so I pulled off at the very next exit with a gas station. “Why is it that the only interspecies reactions are shooting, stabbing, and kidnapping?” I asked, pulling the car up to a pump.

Beth shrugged. “There’s a lot of reasons. I mean, heck, even old stories about dragons and unicorns said they did nothing but fight with each other.”

“I don’t like it. I didn’t choose to be their enemies.”

Beth snorted. “And you think most Americans chose to be hated by extremists in the Mid East?”

“That’s different,” I said.

“Yeah, how?”

I opened the door and pulled down the gas handle. I didn’t have an answer, but it seemed like there should be one. It just didn’t make sense. We were all hiding from the normal humans. Why not band together in our exile?

“You need to understand, the battles between these people have been going on since before the birth of Christ.” Beth turned her hands up in placation. “Hell, most of these battles predate human civilization. It’s no wonder they hate each other.”

“That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to change things.”

She nodded. “You got any brilliant ideas, I’m all ears. I’d love to put this behind us. Don’t forget, I’m a member of a kill-on-site group.”

“That’s racist,” I said.

“Speciesist if you want to get technical.” Beth sighed. “I know you want to do something, but we need to think about survival. I don’t think anything’s going to change just because a couple of girls go and chase down some kidnappers.”

Reggie’s words echoed through my brain. ‘Like when my son disappeared?’ Odd that the reason the gryphons were willing to stand up to, essentially, sword-wielding unicorns, was because of a slight when a child had disappeared. Of course, after seeing what the unicorns had done to Beth, I was willing to bash some unicorn heads with little provocation myself.

I went into the convenience store and searched for something suitable for breakfast. I gave the man thirty bucks for gas and bought Pop Tarts and beef jerky. It wouldn’t quite fill the tank, for the car or for us, but we’d be in Ely by noon. We could have a feast after I picked up my inheritance, or whatever awaited me in Nevada. I dropped my hand into my pocket, and curled my fingers around the key.

Back at the car, I tossed a package of pastries to Beth and started the gas pump.

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