Azure Dragons (Supernatural Shifter Academy Book 2) by G. Bailey & Regan Rosewood

Author:G. Bailey & Regan Rosewood [Bailey, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

My body is tense as we emerge from the assembly room an hour later, my shoulders hunched and my fingers nervously carding through my hair as I stare down at my phone. I know I should have been paying more attention during the peace talks, but as soon as I got that text, it was more or less over for my focus. Could it have been a wrong number? Sure, but I doubt it; even after replying with multiple messages asking who the sender was, I received no response, and my mind has been a mess trying to figure out who it might be. It sure as hell doesn’t feel like a coincidence, especially now that the whole Academy has up and left the island to surround ourselves with humans for the next week in an unfamiliar city. The idea that the warning might actually be a threat has crossed my mind, although from whom? Hawthorne? That would be bold, even from him, especially considering that the number could be traced, in theory. Another student? That hardly seems more likely; if it were someone I knew, why wouldn’t they tell me to my face? I’m left spinning out with more questions than answers, and I think Silas and Hunter can tell that something is wrong. They keep shooting me glances out of the corners of their eyes as we head back down the stairs and make our way towards the entrance.

“Are you all right?” Silas asks, putting a hand on my shoulder as soon as we get outside and into the blessed fresh air. “You look a little shaken up.”

“It’s just… everything they were talking about,” I reply, lying through my teeth. “It’s unnerving, listening to them discussing our futures like we’re just pawns in some game.”

“Is that not what we are to them?” The dragon shifter asks, crossing his arms. “To the humans, at least?”

“Maybe you should have more faith in them,” Hunter speaks up, putting his hands in his pockets. “It’s only the first day of the conference. They’ve got more time to figure out a solution.”

“For all the good that will do,” Silas says, shaking his head. “I’ll be curious just how much of a say they give the shifters, at the end of the day.”

“What do you mean?” I ask him, brow furrowing.

“Do you really think the humans care about resolving this peacefully?” he asks. “I’ve seen how they operate. They made my parents disappear because they were talking about changing the status quo. I don’t expect this to be any different—the only question is how many people they’ll end up throwing under the bus just to make this all go away.”

Hunter looks like he’s about to reply, but we’re interrupted by the sounds of familiar voices approaching us from the left. I look up to see Hazel and the twins walking over to us. She’s laughing at something Xander said, and judging by the way they’re looking at one another, I’d say that their first foray into exploring the conference was a success - more of a success than mine, at any rate.

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