Blaze by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

There is a moment, a nanosecond that feels like a lifetime, where your brain blanks and freezes when facing something you can’t reconcile. Seeing an enormous animal standing just in front of you that isn’t supposed to exist is just such an event.

A scream fell from Devon at the sight of the dragon that suddenly appeared. The appearance of the creature caused her to jerk back and fall hard on her butt. Panic then had her scrambling to the nearest wall, twisting her ankle in the process, thanks to tripping over a piece of wood in her high heels.

She couldn’t take her eyes off the beast. He snarled, smoke billowing from his nostrils to snake up around his face. Metallic scales the color of chocolate shimmered even within the dim confines of the warehouse.

The next second, the soldiers began shooting, the bullets raining down upon the dragon. The sound was deafening, and she quickly covered her ears with her hands. The barrage of gunfire didn’t faze the dragon. His onyx eyes were focused on Upton and Harriett.

The jaws of the dragon parted, showing dozens of razor-sharp teeth. His head lowered, giving her a glimpse of two membranous frills that ran from the base of his skull and down his back to the tail that had a hook-like extension on it.

Devon shook her head. She couldn’t believe that she’d seen Anson change into this monstrous creature. It couldn’t be real. It couldn’t.

And yet … it was.

She pressed herself against the wall when the dragon drew in a deep breath. Her eyes bulged when she saw more smoke coming from its nostrils. He was going to breathe fire and kill all of them!

“I thought Dragon Kings made a vow to protect humans,” Upton shouted over the shooting, his face pale.

The dragon hesitated. Devon watched the CEO of Kyvor. Stanley wasn’t faking the slight shaking of his hands that hung at his sides, or the sweat that trickled down his cheek despite the cold. He couldn’t force his face to drain of color—unless it was all real.

She wanted to close her eyes and pretend that none of it was there, but she couldn’t even look away.

The dragon’s throat rumbled with a growl as he snapped open his massive wings that slammed into the soldiers up in the rafters. His tail took out four more of the armed men that rushed toward him.

In a matter of minutes, all twenty-five of Upton’s men were no longer moving. Whether they were dead or unconscious, she didn’t know.

Devon saw the door. With everyone staring at the dragon, she might make it outside to freedom. Then she would run as far and as fast as she could to get away from all of this.

She used her hands to help her stand against the wall. A look in the direction of Stanley and Harriett showed that both were staring open-mouthed at the dragon, looks of part fear and part excitement on their faces.

Kicking off her shoes, Devon prepared to make a run for the door when two men suddenly appeared before her.

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