“Jene?”
Oh great. His supposed-to-be bride was a Kevan. I hated her already.
She raised an eyebrow and slinked toward him. “I have no idea what she’s talking about.” She waved a hand behind her. “We were basking in the sun. Talking among friends. Nothing more.”
Snotty, lying bitch.
“You were here in the middle of the desert sunning?” Ginjin’s accusatory tone wasn’t lost on any of us.
“Yes.” Wicked green eyes dared him to contradict her.
“Are you sure they landed in this location?” He tore his gaze away from her to glance at me, and I saw that the fire in his eyes had died down to something else. Ginjin might not trust the red dragon, but he wanted her. Um. Ewww. I really didn’t like being in the middle of dragon lust.
“It’s tough to be exact when tracking a jump from world to world, but the group definitely arrived in this general vicinity.” I sheathed the crossbow in the holster on my back. With Ginjin around, I wasn’t worried about being attacked, and he hadn’t tried to kill me since I saved his life a few weeks ago. “Can you sense them with your super dragon schnoz?”
I’m not so bad with tracking, but it’s easier for me to sense stinky dragons than humans. The monsters’ scent covered everything for miles around us. It was a combination of coal and smoke, with a hint of musk.
Lifting his head in the air, he took a deep breath. His eyes snapped back to Jene, and he gave her a strange look. “I smell nothing.”
I didn’t believe him. That look meant something. I just had no idea what. “Then they ate them.”
Jene snorted behind me. “Disgusting. We don’t eat your kind. Nothing but fat.”
The dragons surrounding us grunted in agreement.
I really, really hated her.
“Ginjin, humans are on your planet, taken against their will. That’s an automatic death sentence.” I grabbed the crossbow from its holster and held it by my side. “When I find out which one of these idiots took them . . . Do I really have to explain?”
I took aim at one of the older beings. Something told me he was important to Jene. When she stepped between us, I knew I was right.
“I will kill you.” She began to transform.
“You can try.”
“Fledstm.” I could feel the heat of Ginjin behind me, but the power rolling off him was directed at Jene.
She stopped mid-transformation. “The human threatened me. She will die.”
“The human is a Guardian, and if you touch her, I will have to kill you,” Ginjin warned. Funny coming from him, since he’d tried to do the same thing to me more than once. “You and the others go back to Moit. I will meet with you there.”
“You would choose the Guardian over me?”
Lady, you have no idea. I wondered what she would think if she knew Ginjin wanted me to be his mate. Though I understood that less now. She wanted the power and seemed to be the perfect match for him.
“We follow the council’s law, Jene. Humans were taken from Earth, and she has every right to investigate without fear of being killed.” His voice lowered just slightly. “Go.”
No one moved. “Now!” he roared. “I will deal with you later.” He directed the words to Jene. She’d done something to anger him, and it had absolutely nothing to do with threatening to kill me. The group transformed and took off in flight.
I put my hands on my hips. “Great. Now we’re never going to find them.”
“You may be correct. Beyond yours, there is no scent of humans nearby, but I will search. I can cover the ground more quickly. If I find any, I will return them to Earth. My guess is they are long gone. They may have stopped to jump through another portal, since whoever took them would know you would come after them.”
“I can’t just leave, Ginjin. This is my duty. You have to understand that.”
“Yes. Duty is something I understand all too well, but it would be a waste of your time to search on foot when I can do it in a few seconds by air. You have my
Oh great. His supposed-to-be bride was a Kevan. I hated her already.
She raised an eyebrow and slinked toward him. “I have no idea what she’s talking about.” She waved a hand behind her. “We were basking in the sun. Talking among friends. Nothing more.”
Snotty, lying bitch.
“You were here in the middle of the desert sunning?” Ginjin’s accusatory tone wasn’t lost on any of us.
“Yes.” Wicked green eyes dared him to contradict her.
“Are you sure they landed in this location?” He tore his gaze away from her to glance at me, and I saw that the fire in his eyes had died down to something else. Ginjin might not trust the red dragon, but he wanted her. Um. Ewww. I really didn’t like being in the middle of dragon lust.
“It’s tough to be exact when tracking a jump from world to world, but the group definitely arrived in this general vicinity.” I sheathed the crossbow in the holster on my back. With Ginjin around, I wasn’t worried about being attacked, and he hadn’t tried to kill me since I saved his life a few weeks ago. “Can you sense them with your super dragon schnoz?”
I’m not so bad with tracking, but it’s easier for me to sense stinky dragons than humans. The monsters’ scent covered everything for miles around us. It was a combination of coal and smoke, with a hint of musk.
Lifting his head in the air, he took a deep breath. His eyes snapped back to Jene, and he gave her a strange look. “I smell nothing.”
I didn’t believe him. That look meant something. I just had no idea what. “Then they ate them.”
Jene snorted behind me. “Disgusting. We don’t eat your kind. Nothing but fat.”
The dragons surrounding us grunted in agreement.
I really, really hated her.
“Ginjin, humans are on your planet, taken against their will. That’s an automatic death sentence.” I grabbed the crossbow from its holster and held it by my side. “When I find out which one of these idiots took them . . . Do I really have to explain?”
I took aim at one of the older beings. Something told me he was important to Jene. When she stepped between us, I knew I was right.
“I will kill you.” She began to transform.
“You can try.”
“Fledstm.” I could feel the heat of Ginjin behind me, but the power rolling off him was directed at Jene.
She stopped mid-transformation. “The human threatened me. She will die.”
“The human is a Guardian, and if you touch her, I will have to kill you,” Ginjin warned. Funny coming from him, since he’d tried to do the same thing to me more than once. “You and the others go back to Moit. I will meet with you there.”
“You would choose the Guardian over me?”
Lady, you have no idea. I wondered what she would think if she knew Ginjin wanted me to be his mate. Though I understood that less now. She wanted the power and seemed to be the perfect match for him.
“We follow the council’s law, Jene. Humans were taken from Earth, and she has every right to investigate without fear of being killed.” His voice lowered just slightly. “Go.”
No one moved. “Now!” he roared. “I will deal with you later.” He directed the words to Jene. She’d done something to anger him, and it had absolutely nothing to do with threatening to kill me. The group transformed and took off in flight.
I put my hands on my hips. “Great. Now we’re never going to find them.”
“You may be correct. Beyond yours, there is no scent of humans nearby, but I will search. I can cover the ground more quickly. If I find any, I will return them to Earth. My guess is they are long gone. They may have stopped to jump through another portal, since whoever took them would know you would come after them.”
“I can’t just leave, Ginjin. This is my duty. You have to understand that.”
“Yes. Duty is something I understand all too well, but it would be a waste of your time to search on foot when I can do it in a few seconds by air. You have my
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