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Rage swirled through my veins. How dare Angelina? How dare Harlon? I bared my teeth, wishing I could spit fire.
I couldn’t, but ouch. My throat burned in a way it never had before.
“Last chance,” Harlon warned.
“Or you’ll what?”
His nostrils flared. “You don’t want to know, Miss Sattler. You really don’t want to know.”
I itched to slap him, but I didn’t. Why, dammit? Why? Men like Harlon could be assholes, but women had to be polite?
My hands shook with fury. I’d waged the same inner battle countless times in my life, but I’d never, ever broken those unspoken rules.
Until now. I wound up, formed a tight fist, and let a punch fly.
And,crack!My knuckles screamed in pain, but there was nothing more satisfying than the sight of Harlon’s head snapping back.
Slowly, he blinked, rubbing his jaw. When he looked at me, evil glittered in his eyes. “Oh, you’ll regret that.”
Angelina went on crooning to Nash. “You can forget everything that ever happened here. You can be free of all this.”
The dragons around us opened their wings, ready to swoop down on their prey.
“I want to be free.” Nash stepped away dreamily. When he turned to look at Angelina, I was sure I’d lost him forever.
But his eyes snapped into focus, and his voice was loud and clear.
“I want to be free ofyou.”
He didn’t finish withbitch, but he did shift and spit a massive plume of fire.
I was no expert, but wow. I’d never seen a shifter change forms that fast.
The flame was huge, its heat scorching. I leaped aside. Angelina screamed and threw up her hands. The fire crackled and whirled, wrapping her in a fiery tornado. Meanwhile, Harlon jumped to safety, showing where his priorities lay.
It all happened so fast, I froze. Then Nash — huge, angry, dragon Nash — cut off his flame and looked at me.
As a dragon, he couldn’t yellRun!But the scary expression he flashed, full of teeth and sparks, made that perfectly clear.
I took off running.
Nash’s roar shook the earth. Then he leaped into the sky, beating his wings so hard, the rush of air made me duck.
Harlon hissed at Angelina. “Control him!”
“I’m trying! But it’s not working!”
I peeked through my whipping hair, taking stock. Nash had four dragons to deal with. That left me to take on Angelina and Harlon.
Yikes.
Luckily, they were distracted — for now. Angelina crouched, gasping, while Harlon bent over her, checking for injuries once Nash’s fire died out. I dove into my pickup and revved the engine to life.
Harlon and Angelina looked up, eyes wide.
You wouldn’t dare,Angelina’s expression said.
I backed up ten feet, then roared forward, heading straight for them.
