dragons breath 01 - stalked by flames

Author:illene, susan [illene, susan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Susan Illene
Published: 2015-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Bailey

“What are you doing?” I asked.

Conrad leaned against the side of my truck, picking at the dirt beneath his fingernails. As usual, he wore khaki pants and a t-shirt, both of which were clean and free of wrinkles despite our living conditions. I couldn’t figure out how he was doing it and he refused to tell me.

He lifted his head and met my gaze. “You’re not going out there by yourself.”

I put my hands on my hips. “What makes you think I’m going anywhere?”

“Girl, don’t be trying to play that game with me.” He straightened. “I’m the one who has to run interference between you and the rest of the group.”

Damn, I forgot I told him my next training session with Aidan was today. It was nice having someone in on my secret, but it also meant I had to deal with his concern about what I was doing. To say he didn’t like it would be an understatement.

“You can’t come. It’ll just provoke him.”

He shrugged. “The dragon will just have to deal. Shit’s getting dangerous out there and you can’t be driving across town by yourself. If you want me to keep covering for your ass, you gotta let me ride along.”

I was tempted to shake some sense into him, but by the looks of it he wanted to do the same to me. And it wasn’t like I couldn’t see Conrad’s point of view. Driving around town was dangerous, especially after my close call with the guys shooting through the streets last time. Who knew what would have happened if they’d seen me?

“Fine.” I gave him a warning glare. “But once we get there you have to hang back. No provoking the dragon.”

He pushed off the truck. “Whatever.”

Something told me this wasn’t going to go well. Neither of us spoke as we drove through town. It was mid-afternoon and the traffic was pretty much non-existent—unless you counted the occasional crashed or burned car along the way. We passed a shopping center with a few people dashing out of a store with armfuls of clothing in their hands. I picked up speed, wanting to get as far from them as possible.

“Damn, I never liked this part of town,” Conrad said.

I peeked up through the windshield checking for dragons—nothing but a clear blue sky and blazing sun. “We’ll be alright.”

“If you say so.” He took my gun from the console and checked the clip. “Word from some new arrivals at the library is that it’s getting bad over here.”

My fingers tightened on the steering wheel. “Just keep an eye out for trouble.”

He leaned forward. “What the hell is going on up there?”

“It looks like a row of cars blocking the road.” They were lined up bumper to bumper across all four lanes of Lindsey Street. Too perfect to be an accident and no people stood near them.

“Yeah, that’s exactly what it looks like,” Conrad said, twisting around to search the area. “Fuck, let’s turn back. I’m thinking we better take a different route.

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