DOS 01 - Protector of Dragons by Amber Kell

Author:Amber Kell [Kell, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal, Gay, GLBT, erotic Romance, Shapeshifter, Dragon
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2014-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Aden looked up as Jiang and Kurtis entered the room. He had the table cleared and a large map sprawled out before him with red circles marking the spots the birds were sighted.

“What are you doing?” Jiang asked.

“This is a map of downtown. We’re trying to find the right place to corner them. You said we needed to trap them, right?”

“How many were spotted?” Jiang asked.

“All four.” Aden concentrated on the paper. “You think one of them is still sane?”

Jiang took a moment to respond. Aden appreciated that the dragon shifter didn’t rush to give false reassurance. “I don’t know. They stopped talking to us after five hundred years. When the vampire’s blood began to shatter the spell, I could hear some of their chatter. There are two males and two females. One of the males sounded as if he were trying to reason with the rest.”

Aden ran a hand through his hair. “I’d hate to trap them all when one of them might be fine. I guess we’ll have to decide when we see them.”

Carey sat at the table with the others with his head propped on his hand. “What are their weaknesses?”

“Me,” Jiang answered. “The dragons. They wanted to protect us, but they’ve gone mad. We need to see if we can call them back from the abyss of insanity.”

“How do you plan to do that?” Aden hoped Jiang’s compassion wouldn’t endanger them all. He could understand loyalty to people who’d endured the inhumanity of being petrified, but Aden couldn’t let the phoenixes burn down his home.

“I can create a web of water between these two buildings and lure them inside. The water should cool their outside temperature and hopefully slow them down enough so we can talk.”

“And what if they won’t listen?” Kurtis asked. “One dragon against four crazed birds on fire doesn’t sound like a recipe for success.”

“Then we are out of luck. I can’t contain them for long on my own.”

“I want to help,” Kurtis said.

“You look for Zhou like we discussed,” Jiang said. “I don’t want you anywhere near the flaming birds.”

For a moment Kurtis opened his mouth and Aden thought the pigeon shifter would rebuke Jiang, but he snapped his lips together, holding back the words Aden could tell he yearned to say.

“I can help with the trap.” Gallen examined the map. “Instead of a water trap that the humans might see, I can place a containment spell beneath the convention center arch. That should hold the fenghuangs long enough to determine their sanity. If they can’t be reasoned with, I can create a portal and send them back to China. Being on their home soil could help.”

Jiang nodded. “That’s a good idea. Where do we start?”

“There have been reports of random fires downtown. A lot of the streets have been closed down due to fire trucks needing the area. We might have to park up the hill and walk the rest of the way,” Aden said.

“How many people are going?” Jiang asked, his gaze sweeping the crowd.

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