She’s gone!”
Ragna growled as her sister, Reva, swept into her bedroom without preamble.
Her lover, Trexton, jumped away from her instantly, and began looking for…
Who knew? His dignity or an escape. Probably his brain as she hadn’t chosen him for his intellect as much as another piece of anatomy that had definitely not been disappointing her before her bitchy sister had intruded.
Furious over the interruption, Ragna glared at Reva, who didn’t seem to care in the least that she’d walked in on them. “Don’t you knock?”
Reva drew up short as she realized what she’d interrupted. Completely unabashed, she let out an irritated sigh. “Seriously? Can’t you go an hour? How many males has it been today so far?”
Trexton gaped. “What?”
Ragna rose up at her sister. “Don’t you dare!”
Using her tail, Reva pushed him toward the door. “You need to leave now. I’m sure she’ll be horny again in ten minutes. Come back when the grownups are through talking.”
As soon as she forced him through the door, she used her tail to slam it shut.
With a furious sigh, Ragna ruffled her wings. “That was rude, sister.”
“Don’t care.” Reva turned back to face her.
With orange and brown scales, Reva was a beautiful dragon, if not a large one. Ragna had always been grateful she hadn’t inherited their father’s wider girth. Her slender form was much more graceful, especially for flight.
“Why are you here?”
Reva sat back on her haunches. When she spoke again, she enunciated each word slowly. “I told you.She’sgone.”
“If you mean Marla, I already know. She packed the hatchlings up and headed to her father before I had a chance to get to them.”
Reva sneered at her. “Not Marla, you idiot.Tanis. She’s nowhere to be found.”
Thatwasn’t good. Tanis was a stubborn little bitch who listened to no one. For days now, she’d been demanding justice and driving everyone to madness. So much so, that they’d both been tempted to throw her skull to the same dragon slayer and imp.
“What do you mean, she’s gone?” Ragna asked.
“You heard what I said. No one has seen her. The last anyone heard of her was Marla. Tanis told her that she was going to avenge Davin and reclaim his skull so that Marla could bury him properly.”
Ragna cursed. “When was that?”
“A day or so ago. I don’t know. I thought you told her to forget it.”
“Of course I did. Since when does Tanis listen to anyone?”
Reva belched fire and fluttered her wings. “What are we going to do?”
Ragna pressed her claws to her snout as she tried to think through this. Leave it to Tanis to screw up all their plans. “Where’s the idiot?”
“I just told you, I don’t know.”
“Not our sister idiot. The other idiot!”
Reva gave her a droll stare. “Which other idiot? Really, Ragna, you need to find other insults. It’s rather tedious and extremely confusing.”
“Fine. Imbecile. Moron.Human!”
“That was uncalled for. I’m not human, you bitch.”
