Why the hell would she be riding on the back of Clay’s dragon form?
There’s no way that Clay’s woman would allow anyone to ride her mate’s dragon. She’s one toughwoman for a human. Then again, you have to be to be mated to a beast like one of us.
Turning back to the clubhouse, I struggle to put distance between the mystery woman and me. I’ve never wanted a mate or a woman of my own. I was good with the way I live my life. There’s plenty ofhorasfor me to fuck when I want one of them. Not to mention the club’s brothel that’s connected to the bar, Fire’s ol’ lady manages with the help of Francie.
Lowering down to the ground, I span my wings wide and throw my head back, shooting the building fire into the sky.
My claws hit the ground, and I fold my wings and start to shift. The magic that allows us to shift doesn’t allow us to keep our clothes. Good thing we keep spares around in different places, including the building where we forge blades and create all the shit that everyone orders.
“You good, Pyro?” Inferno asks as I pull on a pair of dark gray sweatpants.
“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” I don’t look at him. Too many questions were running through my mind at the moment, and that only pisses me off.
“Just askin’.” He shrugs, pulling on his own sweatpants. “I need to get Francie and then head to my grandparents. I gotta check on Carina.”
“Carina?”
“Yeah, she’s my sister. She’s in town, and Baba and I have been trying to convince her to stay , but he told me while we were flying that she’s planning on leaving. She’s a runner.”
She can’t. My dragon snarls in my head.
“Didn’t know you had a sister,” I tell him, cocking a brow.
“Carina hasn’t been around in years. Only time any of us see her is if we go to her, wherever she’s at, at the time, that is. She’s a travel blogger and writes articles about where she goes.”
Interesting.
“We were able to convince her to come home for mine and Francie’s mating. It’s been hell keeping her here the past week. I think that was the first time she’s ridden with Baba in years.”
“Why did she leave if this was her home?” Now, why the fuck did I ask that? I don’t care about anything when it comes to her.
Inferno looks at me with a cocked brow. “Not mine to tell, but I’ll say this, she used to be proud to carry the dragon mark, now she’s not. She hides from the truth.”
Dragon mark.
That has to be why the hell I had such an intense instant connection to her. She carries a mark that proves her to be about to mate with anydragon. Any unmated dragon would feel the pull to her.
“Her being unmated and having that mark leaves her vulnerable. Does she not realize that?” Again, what the fuck is with me asking him this?
“Carina is as stubborn as both my dad was and my grandfather.” Inferno shakes his head and starts toward one of the ATVs that will take him from the workshop to the clubhouse. “I’ll catch up with you later. I think Heat and Boot might have something on the whereabouts of Kinley.”
Fuck.
I should have gone straight to Heat about that when I got back instead of going for a flight.
Months ago, Holstien, a sadistic asshole, was after Evelin, Fire’s ol’ lady and Heat’s little sister. Holstein used Kinley as bait to draw Evelin in and ended up taking her with him and his men, who had escaped the burning house. We don’t know if Kinley is actually still alive, but we’re not giving up until we find Holstein. Kinley was family to the club, not just Evelin’s best friend. Now, she could very well be turned into a vampire. That would be the simplest thing to have happened. Anything could be possible at this time.
“I’ll head over there and see what they’ve found so far.” I don’t need to worry about anything else thatInferno shared just now. I especially don’t need to worry about the beauty that ensnared my dragon far too easily. I don’t need or want a mate. My dragon snarls, roars, and claws at my insides, wanting to find this woman.
Carina.
It’s a beautiful name, I’ll admit that. Just as she’d been beautiful.
Shaking my head, I push the thought of her out. I don’t need to think about her. Not now. Not fucking ever.
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CARINA
