Dragon Marked: Quicksilver Dragons Book 1 by Amelia Jade

Author:Amelia Jade [Jade, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Hel

It wasn’t until they exited their destination airport the next day that Megyn finally said something to him that wasn’t out of sheer necessity.

“The mountains remind me of home.”

He followed her gaze, trying not to overreact to the change. After sleeping on the floor, he’d hoped that the next morning things might be less awkward between them. To his dismay nothing of the sort happened; if anything they got worse. Even just speaking to one another was awkward.

“Yeah. Smaller. Less impressive. But still comforting.” Hel choked down the lie out of necessity.

Perhaps lie was the wrong word. The mountains themselves were comfortable. The visual panorama in front of them was stunning with how far they stretched to the left and right, visible for miles upon miles. Below the mountains, however, was something that instantly colored his view of them, and would have done the same to Megyn too if she knew the truth of it.

Far below one of the peaks lay a portal to another world. Possibly even another realm or dimension. The humans didn’t know, and right now that was beyond their worry.

Like most of the Enclave’s dragons Hel had been briefed about the Outsiders. Horrific creatures with black exoskeleton armor that emerged from the portal, they could, with a simple touch of their matte black exterior, drain the life force directly from any living creature. The debate amongst mortals and semi-immortals alike had raged long and hard for centuries about whether or not a “soul” was a real thing.

After seeing the footage of an Outsider warrior ruthlessly sucking human soldiers dry, Hel no longer knew what side he was on. The blue-white energy glow that was ripped from the humans moments before they became corpses was difficult to deny as anything but a soul. What else could it possibly be? Some form of energy? Nobody really knew.

All that was known was that they were horrific, and the more they fed, the stronger they got. Dragons, it seemed, had an advantage over humans. Not only could they hit harder with their powers, but when they bonded with their mates, they became impervious to the Outsiders’ energy-stealing ability. They could still be maimed and killed physically, but it took more than a simple touch.

So why the hell did I bring my mate within striking distance of these creatures?

“Tell me again why we came to Barton City, of all the places in the United States? Why couldn’t we visit New York, or Los Angeles? Or Miami? Oooh, the beach would be wonderful!”

It was nice to see her happy, even if she was complaining about their ultimate destination. “The reasoning is simple,” he said. “This is the last place they would ever expect me to go.”

He kept any reaction of his slipup from reaching his face. Megyn was still under the impression that they were fleeing her ex and his pack. Truthfully though, they were here to escape the magistrates the enclave would have sent after him by now for the way he’d disrupted a shifter function.

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