The Steel Dragon (Steel Dragons Series Book 2) by Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle

Author:Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle [McLaughlin, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-11-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Eight

The rest of the escort mission went well enough. When they delivered the trucks to Harandhyl’s mansion, he thanked them profusely and instructed his staff to start unloading with such eager attention that for a second, Kristen could almost believe that nothing had happened.

The reality, though, was that something had.

They had been attacked by humans armed with bullets that could hurt dragons. She couldn’t state with total certainty that they were the same technology and the same group, but she was damn sure that was the case. The woman was definitely Constance, which meant that the bullet that had injured Heartsbane and almost sent her plummeting to her death had been made from a dragon’s body.

The wound had been so bad that they’d had to call a car and complete the rest of the escort without her. She had already made it back to HQ, though, and thankfully without further incident. That was where the team was now headed.

Kristen tried to remain professional, but as she followed Stonequest, Lumos, and Emerald over the Motor City, she found it increasingly difficult. She wanted to make a difference in this case—no, she needed to—and could feel in her bones that this whole thing with humans harming dragons was all centered around her. Beyond the simple fact that she wanted to understand more, she wanted to stop these people from killing dragons. Yes, she agreed that they had too much power and should show humans respect, but killing them wouldn’t do anything but set off an inter-species war, something she was terrified of having to take sides in.

All of it came down to these bullets. Who made them and out of what? How many were there? All were questions that Stonequest dismissed when she asked him.

“Look,” he said when they landed on the roof of Dragon SWAT HQ, “I know Heartsbane was hurt back there and that you have a theory as to why, but I need you to back off on this one.”

“She could’ve been killed,” she argued, unable to suppress her instincts.

“You’re right, she could have but she wasn’t,” Lumos said. “We were lucky, and we all know you helped. Let Stonequest write it up and we’ll move on to the next mission.”

“You mean escorting more of some rich old dragon’s priceless crap?” she demanded.

Their leader gave her a cold look and the golden dragon looked uncomfortable. Emerald was the only one who laughed, and even that was short-lived, more of a guffaw that withered to a chuckle under Stonequest’s look.

“What? Sorry.” Emerald shook his head. “It’s only…well, she’s right. We all thought it. That was supposed to be a bullshit time-killer mission. Instead, we almost lost someone.”

“Which means it’s out of her hands,” Stonequest said.

“And into whose?” Kristen asked and struggled to remain calm.

“Just…let’s check on Heartsbane,” he said.

Kristen nodded. She could at least agree that the well-being of her team was the priority. That was why it was so important to find out as much as they possibly could about it.

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