“She could have done a lot more damage if she’d shifted.”
“She wouldn’t have been able to hurt you like this if she hadn’t shifted her fingers.”
“If she’d really wanted to hurt me, she would’ve attacked me in her dragon form.”
Rex looked around the hallway.“She wouldn’t have fit in here in her dragon form.”
“Then she wouldn’t have attacked me here.Rex, I promise I’m fine.I know that telling you not to worry is useless, but I’m right here.You can see that I’m okay.”
Rex could, but he was still freaking out.What would he have done if Harmonhadn’tbeen fine?If Sarah had managed to hurt him much worse than she had?If Mallory hadn’t been there to grab her?
“Please take her away,” he heard the second woman say.He looked up in time to see three men wearing some kind of uniform step closer to Arlen and Sarah.They looked wary of Arlen—as they should be considering what had just happened—but they didn’t hesitate to obey the second woman’s orders.
Rex was curious.He hadn’t met this woman yet, but she’d already shown them that she was a better leader than Jacob.
“Eva,” Merrick said, tilting his head at the woman.
So he knew her.That was interesting.
“Merrick, Arlen,” the woman said.“I can’t say this is how I thought I would see you again after so many years.”
Merrick snorted.“You didn’t expect to see us at all after we left.”
“Considering that Martin ordered us to stay away from you, I can’t say that I did.I’m sorry for what he did to your club.”
“We’re already rebuilding.”
She nodded.“Good.Please let me know if you need anything.”
“Are you offering the clan’s help?”
Jacob made a sound that caused all of them to turn toward him.He didn’t look happy, and he was glaring at Eva as if she was doing something wrong.Rex had a good guess at what thatsomethingwrong was.Jacob might not be the official leader, but he didn’t like that Eva was here and had taken charge.
She rolled her eyes, and Rex liked her even more.The fact that she ignored Jacob in favor of giving Merrick her full attention was a good sign.
“We have a meeting with Jacob to talk about the clan and Brian,” Arlen said.“Why don’t you join us?”
Jacob looked like he wanted to say no, but no one asked for his opinion.Eva turned to Arlen to nod at him, then back to the guards.“We’re going to want to talk to Sarah soon.Please find the closest empty room and keep her there.You can take her to her room once we decide what to do with her.”
Rex turned back to Harmon.He was still holding one of Harmon’s hands, and he checked it again, just in case.The scratches were still there, but that was all Rex could see.Harmonhadbeen lucky.“I’m glad she didn’t hurt you.”
“I am, too.Why don’t we follow the others to the conference room?I’m curious to find out why Sarah attacked me.”
Rex wasn’t eager to hear what her reasoning had been or for Harmon to tell them what had happened in more detail, but he was going to have to.The fact that he felt that way was proof of how important Harmon was to him.If he was freaking out over a few scratches, what would happen if Harmon was seriously hurt?He was a coven leader, so it wasn’t out of the realm of possibilities that he could be.
Rex was going to have to move in with the coven just to keep an eye on Harmon, wasn’t he?He wasn’t sure his heart would survive it if he didn’t.
* * * *
HARMON HAD BEEN LUCKY, and it wasn’t the first time.He’d been lucky during the fight in pack territory, too, but he was pretty sure that his luck would eventually run out if he continued fighting dragons, so he hoped today had been the last time.
He missed his coven.Yes, they’d sent him running with their bickering, and he wasn’t looking forward to going home to the responsibilities of being the leader, but they’d never attacked him.They’d never tried to kill him.
The same couldn’t be said about the dragons.
Harmon had never been attacked as many times as he had since he’d decided to help Kieran and his pack.He didn’t regret it because it had been the right thing to do, but he was done with getting attacked for a while now.His arm still hurt from when he’d been wounded during the fight in which Martin had died.Today’s attack hadn’t made it any better.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”Rex asked as they walked toward the conference room.
