Dragon Awakened by Jaime Rush

Author:Jaime Rush
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2013-12-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

What was the price of toying with Cyn’s Dragon? Ruby wondered as he drove like a maniac through the city streets. He’d cranked the stereo, and a rock band was singing about being bad company. That fit Cyn right about then, so she decided to back off from provoking him further. The price might be crashing the car.

Cyn was cool, calm, inured to things that would freak out others, like, say, demons, or a woman holding a gun to his chest. So inciting a reaction in him satisfied her on some deep level. Ooh, how he’d gotten pissed—no, territorial—when she’d talked about Grayson. Sure, the Caido was gorgeous, but Cyn was the man who did it for her.

What was the deal with her Dragon Prince? Well, not her prince.

“What’s this Darren’s last name?” Cyn asked.

“I can’t remember. They were simply Aunt Magda and Uncle Darren, though I knew they weren’t real family. I’d hate to think he’s Mr. Smith.”

“He’s the one person who might know what your father was doing.”

“Or not. I can remember Darren’s snide comments about my father being secretive about his work. It seemed to really bother him.”

“Right now he’s the only lead we have. If he isn’t behind this, maybe he can shed some light on the people behind the private lab they both worked for.”

“Let’s go by the Yard,” she said as they approached one of the nearby exits. “I don’t have a lot of things from my childhood, but I do have pictures of my parents. I’m pretty sure Darren and his wife are in them. Maybe there’s a last name on the back. And I’d like to eyeball my place, make sure everything’s all right.”

“That place means a lot to you, doesn’t it?”

“It’s my life, my livelihood. Where I spent time as a kid when the world was good, and where I grew up and learned responsibility. And it’s my one link to my mother.” Damn, her voice had quivered. “This Mr. So-called Smith knows about the Yard, no doubt.”

Cyn must have picked up on the emotion in her voice because he gave her a soft smile and switched lanes to take the exit. “Which is why we have to approach it very carefully. We have to assume something’s waiting for us. You can sense magick, if you tune in to it.”

“So we can tell if there’s a demon lurking around?” There was some relief in that.

“Yes, but there are ways to mask it, too. And some aspects of the Hidden don’t give off a signature.”

“Yeah, that’s great.”

As he pulled onto another road, she said, “Yesterday you advised me to never kill out of high emotion. You described the feeling of someone’s blood gushing over your hand as something you knew firsthand.” She’d been holding a letter opener to his chest. It seemed surreal now, and so long ago. “You said we shouldn’t go there then. Can we go there now?”

He looked like he was going to say no, but he released a breath instead.

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