days for us to address your concern. I suggest you brief us on the situation immediately.”
Sidon shot Isa an apologetic look. “I have all my data and the coordinates of the sightings and the attack back at my home office. Would you be willing to discuss the situation there?”
Kai, who Isa was rapidly learning to hate, hedged. “I would rather not leave the district, but I see no harm in meeting you at your home.”
His gaze slipped to her then. “I don’t see why the mere needs to be present.”
Isa stepped back like she’d been slapped.
Sidon started to respond, but she cut him off.
“Excuse me, but I was the first one attacked by these guys. I think I should be privy to whatever you discuss.”
It was the dragons’ turn to look affronted.
“Isa.” Sidon stepped into her line of sight, hissing at her like she was an errant child. “Kai is one of the Council’s generals. He’ll say what information they need, and recommend a course of action to the Council.”
“Why does he get to decide?”
“Well, the Council is in charge here.”
“So they get to call all the shots?”
At that, Kai seemed to swallow his tongue. Laird stood and stepped forward, his bulk ending any thoughts of continuing the argument. “Yes.” His deep voice resonated. “Yes they do.”
Isa felt her face heat from pink to red to purple. Sidon addressed the other dragons. “I’ll fax you my prepared reports and all my notes. See you at six?” The two men nodded. “Thank you.” Giving them a little bow, he shuffled Isa toward the door. Her huff continued all the way out to his car.
Pulling out of the large parking lot, he placed a hand on her knee. She slapped it away. “Sweetie, I told you. You can’t take anything they say seriously. They’re assholes.”
“But they acted like I wasn’t even there! I mean, I’m the one who got attacked. I’m the one who was followed down the entire country!”
His eyebrow rose at her admission, but when Isa shrugged, Sidon chose not to let it go. “I know, sweetheart.” He rubbed her shoulder as he drove with one hand, but Isa leaned to the side to escape his touch.
“They think I’m scum! Like I’m some kind of lower life form. Where do they get off—”
Sidon cut her off. “We need them, Isa. It sucks, but we need them. The Council is organized. They have access to ships, teams of soldiers. They have guardians in mere habitats all over the planet and can pass on all kinds of information.”
“And I suppose it never occurred to them to share any knowledge or resources with the lowly mere?”
He looked away from her, his mouth a hard, thin line. “No. That kind of thing does not occur to them. Dragons see themselves as mythical supernatural beings, not as part-humans like the mere. They think they rule by divine right.”
Disgust bubbled in her belly. It must have shown on her face because Sidon backpedalled.
“Look, I don’t think that. I don’t think I’m a god, or that I’m better than humans or mere. Heck, I’m half mere. But I’m only one dragon, and I don’t make the rules. Can you try to understand that?”
Isa watched out the window as the rolling lawns of the district led to the hardscrabble dirt roads of the Key, and wondered when Sidon had joined the other side.
Chapter 5
Spawned
Gracie’s neck arched back, and her soft hazel eyes fluttered just like a dream. She leaned back on her elbows, her naked ass balanced on the edge of his desk. Karon held her ankles high and plunged into her in lighting strikes. Soon she was coming so hard around his thrusting dick he felt lost inside her. The feeling gripped him low and twisted, but he wasn’t ready to finish this yet.
Karon lifted and flipped her, shoving her breasts into the cool varnished wood of the desk, then kicking her feet apart. Palming her raised hips, he entered her slowly and angled his strokes to the spot that made her cry, smiling when she moaned low in her throat.
“Reach
Sidon shot Isa an apologetic look. “I have all my data and the coordinates of the sightings and the attack back at my home office. Would you be willing to discuss the situation there?”
Kai, who Isa was rapidly learning to hate, hedged. “I would rather not leave the district, but I see no harm in meeting you at your home.”
His gaze slipped to her then. “I don’t see why the mere needs to be present.”
Isa stepped back like she’d been slapped.
Sidon started to respond, but she cut him off.
“Excuse me, but I was the first one attacked by these guys. I think I should be privy to whatever you discuss.”
It was the dragons’ turn to look affronted.
“Isa.” Sidon stepped into her line of sight, hissing at her like she was an errant child. “Kai is one of the Council’s generals. He’ll say what information they need, and recommend a course of action to the Council.”
“Why does he get to decide?”
“Well, the Council is in charge here.”
“So they get to call all the shots?”
At that, Kai seemed to swallow his tongue. Laird stood and stepped forward, his bulk ending any thoughts of continuing the argument. “Yes.” His deep voice resonated. “Yes they do.”
Isa felt her face heat from pink to red to purple. Sidon addressed the other dragons. “I’ll fax you my prepared reports and all my notes. See you at six?” The two men nodded. “Thank you.” Giving them a little bow, he shuffled Isa toward the door. Her huff continued all the way out to his car.
Pulling out of the large parking lot, he placed a hand on her knee. She slapped it away. “Sweetie, I told you. You can’t take anything they say seriously. They’re assholes.”
“But they acted like I wasn’t even there! I mean, I’m the one who got attacked. I’m the one who was followed down the entire country!”
His eyebrow rose at her admission, but when Isa shrugged, Sidon chose not to let it go. “I know, sweetheart.” He rubbed her shoulder as he drove with one hand, but Isa leaned to the side to escape his touch.
“They think I’m scum! Like I’m some kind of lower life form. Where do they get off—”
Sidon cut her off. “We need them, Isa. It sucks, but we need them. The Council is organized. They have access to ships, teams of soldiers. They have guardians in mere habitats all over the planet and can pass on all kinds of information.”
“And I suppose it never occurred to them to share any knowledge or resources with the lowly mere?”
He looked away from her, his mouth a hard, thin line. “No. That kind of thing does not occur to them. Dragons see themselves as mythical supernatural beings, not as part-humans like the mere. They think they rule by divine right.”
Disgust bubbled in her belly. It must have shown on her face because Sidon backpedalled.
“Look, I don’t think that. I don’t think I’m a god, or that I’m better than humans or mere. Heck, I’m half mere. But I’m only one dragon, and I don’t make the rules. Can you try to understand that?”
Isa watched out the window as the rolling lawns of the district led to the hardscrabble dirt roads of the Key, and wondered when Sidon had joined the other side.
Chapter 5
Spawned
Gracie’s neck arched back, and her soft hazel eyes fluttered just like a dream. She leaned back on her elbows, her naked ass balanced on the edge of his desk. Karon held her ankles high and plunged into her in lighting strikes. Soon she was coming so hard around his thrusting dick he felt lost inside her. The feeling gripped him low and twisted, but he wasn’t ready to finish this yet.
Karon lifted and flipped her, shoving her breasts into the cool varnished wood of the desk, then kicking her feet apart. Palming her raised hips, he entered her slowly and angled his strokes to the spot that made her cry, smiling when she moaned low in her throat.
“Reach
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