“I’ll try my best,” I told her, and she seemed pleased with thatanswer.
‘What made you think putting Sophie in charge of me was a good idea?’I asked Logan, glaring across the lawn as he spoke toKeegan.
‘She’s not in charge of you,’ he replied, not meeting my gaze.‘Besides, you let her ride your dragon. I figured you were coolnow.’
I inwardly groaned. I didn’t exactly let her ride my dragon, she’d jumped on as we both tried to keep Logan alive. This was not going to be fun. Whatever pride I had left was broken when I pointed to a rectangle thing on the gun and asked what itwas.
The side of Dom’s scarred mouth twitched and Sophie full-on grinned, trying to hide asnicker.
“That’s a clip. It holds the bullets.” Sophie grabbed it and dropped it in myhand.
I was an idiot. Now that I held it, heavy and solid in my hand, I could tell what it was. I felt fear rise up in me. Guns killed people; I was holding a deadlyweapon.
“You only fear it because you don’t know it.” Dom’s voice was low and deep; it commanded my attention and Inodded.
“Then teach me.” I wasn’t going to be afraid anymore. Afraid of being a dragon, a druid. Fear of being alone, or fear of guns, I was done with fearing everything. Knowledge was power, and I wanted to learn everything I could so that I could rise up from this shitstorm that had become mylife.
Dom grinned, and I noticed that up close, smiling, he was extremely handsome. The grin was more maniacal than happy though… but it wassomething.
* * *
One hourlater and I wasn’t a completely terrible shot. At least I wasn’t jumping every time I pulled the trigger. I’d tried over five guns in Dom’s collection, but a small Ruger pistol seemed to be my favorite. I felt in control of it instead of the other way around. While we were practicing, Logan and Keegan had been off in some big debate. When I asked Logan through our mental connection what it was about, he just said‘Eva.’Danny was crouched in the grass, throwing spells and powders at Isaac’s staff. I didn’t think it was going well, because after every spell he would mutter a curseword.
Nadine and Roxy had paired up and were practicing hand-to-hand combat drills, and something told me that’s where I was headed next. Ruben was in bear form, with Gear in the skies, exploring the territory more, getting a sense of Isaac’s land and any hidden dangers. I was about to reload my gun, the way Dom had showed me, when Danny suddenlysquealed.
“Yes! In your face, bitch!” he shouted at the staff, and then upon noticing all of us staring at him, he straightened his shirt, smoothed his hair, and cleared his throat. “I foundhim.”
Excitement and fear bubbled through me as I put the safety on the gun, as I’d just learned, and set it down on the table we had setup.
“You found the … theelf?”
Danny gave me a “What else do you think I’m talking about?”look.
“Where is it?” Keegan asked, walking over withLogan.
Danny raised one eyebrow. “It’s a he. And he is at a club with a ton of other purebloods, so it’s going to be hard to know which one is him if he’s cloaking his appearance to look like a sorcerer, which heis.”
Keegan looked at his ex, a mixture of annoyance and longing, more so longing. “But you can find him if we can get you inthere?”
Danny chuckled, placing one hand on his hip. “Get me within five hundred feet of this guy and he’smine.”
Keegan smirked. “Always so modest about youraccomplishments.”
Danny’s eyes flared, but it wasn’t in anger; they sparked with adoration. This was the banter of twolovers.
“How far is he? In the country?” Logan’s voice came from right over my shoulder and my dragon preened having him soclose.
The sorcerer grinned. “He’s in Ashland, Oregon. Four hours bycar.”
Keegan let out a curse. “Four hours? Surely we’ll misshim!”
Danny stepped closer to the alpha. “No, get me there and I can follow his trail. I’ve got this guy’s magical scent down. He’smine.”
Keegan gave a small growl. “No, you’re mine,” he stated without a care that the entire pack was watching them. Danny rolled his eyes and waved his hand. “Notanymore.”
An awkward silence stretched between all of us. Where I would be dying of embarrassment after being shut down like that, Keegan looked absolutely lit up with passion. Like he’d just been challenged. If Danny wanted to play hard to get, it looked like Keegan didn’t mind thechase.
“Let’s roll out. Someone get the druid,” Loganbarked.
