Page 6 of Dragon’s Rebel

There were a few government agencies that knew of their existence and who even used them in military special ops, but it was a secret known only to a few.

This was why.

I’ve heard of Gen-X. What could they possibly have that we would want?

“A serum,” Rebel said. “It’s called…” she glanced at her phone. “UN-8825.”

Catchy name. They might want to get their marketing department on that.

“Yeah. According to my intel, it’s an experimental drug developed to help shifters who can’t shift.”

Or to force them to shift against their will, Thorne said. He had first-hand experience of how much that sucked.

“Or that,” Rebel said. “Look, I know it sucks. And they suck. The point is, I used my contacts to get some inside info on this stuff. According to what they found out, it does what it’s supposed to do. And if we could get our hands on it, it might be able to turn you human again.”

Thorne’s heart thudded in his chest. A drug that might turn him human, when all magic had failed. Are you sure?

She shook her head. “They weren’t able to get all the files on it—or at least, not without going in there and stealing them. Which I can do myself. What they were willing to do was get me the security codes and building plans—and an access code to the main computers. With that, I can break into their vault and get this stuff out.”

He shouldn’t get his hopes up. It probably wouldn’t work. But in spite of himself, hope bubbled up inside Thorne.

“There’s only one catch,” she said.

Of course there was.

“They want a crap-ton of money for the intel. There was a lot of risk involved in getting it.”

He sighed. How much?

“A hundred grand.”

For plans and computer codes?

“For plans and computer codes that can get us a magic potion to turn the dragon back into a prince. Not to mention get me in and out of there without getting arrested or killed. So yay for that.”

his dragon said.

Fine. I’m in. He was starting to get excited, and pushed the feelings down. Hope was dangerous. When can we do it?

“As soon as we can wire them the money. Tonight, if we can. The longer we wait, the more chance someone detects the breach and changes the codes.”

Won’t you need time to study the intel?

“I can do it on the way. How long will it take you to fly us to Tacoma?”

Two and a half hours, give or take, depending on the headwinds.

She nodded. “I’ll give you the information for the wire transfer. Half up front, half when we get the intel. As soon as we have it, we can go.”

They headed back to the Batcave, both of them busy with their thoughts. When they got inside, Zane said, “That was the longest pee ever on record. Hurry up, Thief Girl, and show us your losing hand. We all call.”

“Except me. I folded,” Blaze said, mouth full of cake. “You should try this double chocolate. It’s awesome.”

“And we had to wait, because you were rude enough not to leave your hand here,” Tyr added.

“Because you cheat, Librarian Dragon.”

Rebel laid her phone with the wire transfer info on Thorne’s work station and left him to empty his bank account. She went over to the table and slapped her cards down, face up.

“Four jacks. I win, suckers!”

Thorne smiled to himself. She was the luckiest gambler on the face of the planet.

He just hoped some of that luck would rub off on him.