here soon.
Each page had a drawing or picture on one side and a list of crimes on the back of the page. Only a couple of dragons had an extra page to fit their list of crimes and Ronan was one of them. Most of his crimes were murdering Knights. Why didn’t that surprise her? Had they come after him or had he gone after them? And did it matter? He was her ally regardless of what he’d done in the past. The only ally she could completely trust. She couldn’t afford to ruin that. Not with how precarious life was amongst dragons.
The sound of the front door opening caught Amber’s attention and she tensed, relaxing slightly as she realised it was her mother. There was someone else with her, someone that seemed familiar. She frowned as she tried to figure it out. Then it hit her, he was the man her mother was seeing. The one none of them had met. The shrink.
Chapter Five
Amber rose to her feet, taking the book with her. About time she got to meet him. She reached her bedroom door, but instead of leaving her room, she faced the French doors as she felt Kade step out of the Void and onto her balcony.
Kade opened the doors. “Are you ready to go?”
Amber shook her head.
Kade tilted his head, frowning. “I hear a man downstairs.”
“Mum’s boyfriend. It looks like I’m finally going to meet him.”
“Do you want me to come with you?”
Amber wanted to say yes and drag him downstairs. Instead she shook her head. “I don’t think you should be around my grandma for a bit.” Especially since she had an armoury full of weapons.
“It’s probably a good thing she can’t tell anyone about me or I’d have failed my test by disappearing in front of her last night.”
“Oh.” It took her a moment before she could say anything else. “Why did you?”
“I’ve never been so angry before.” Kade entered the room, closing the doors behind him. “You might not like it, but you’re mine.”
Amber sighed. “We’re not going through this again, are we?”
Kade grinned, crossing the room and taking the book from her. He tossed it on the bed. “You can’t argue it.”
Amber looked towards her bed. “I wish people would stop doing that.”
“Amber.”
“What?”
“Focus.”
She thought back over the conversation. “I am. I’m not a possession.”
“Then if you’re not mine, I’m not yours and I can take Jessica up on her proposition.”
“Fine.”
“Fine, what?”
Amber glared at him, not wanting to say the words he expected. Her glare faded and she smiled. “You’re mine.”
Kade laughed, reaching out to pull her against him. “Yeah, you are too.”
“Amber!” Donna’s voice came from downstairs.
Kade groaned. “Don’t answer her.”
“I have to.” She reached up, sliding her hands across his shoulders to link them at the back of his neck. “Eventually.” She kissed him, ignoring her mother calling out another three times before she drew away from him. “I’ll be back soon.” She reached for the door.
“What about your book?”
Amber faced the bed, staring at it for a moment. “Look after it for me. I promised Grandma no harm would come to it while it was in my care.”
“Okay.”
She reached for the door again, hesitating. “Uhm, it’s a hit list. I only know two of the dragons in it, but you might know some of them.” She hoped that none of the dragons in there were his friends.
“Really?” Kade picked up the book, opening it. “Which ones do you know?”
“Ronan,” she muttered. “And Paili.”
Kade looked up at her, laughing. “I guess I should have expected Ronan to be in it.”
“Just don’t trash it no matter what you find.”
Kade dropped onto the bed, leaning against the pillows and drawing his knees up to rest the book against them. “It’s okay. I won’t damage it. Now go and see your mother and her lover so we can get out of here.”
“Oh great, did you have to say that?” She wrinkled her nose. “How am I going to meet him now.