“Blake has plenty of enemies and one just threatened him. He wants the Rubicon to do his bidding. Apparently he has a dark Dragonian that dabbles in blood contracts and all the nasty that comes with one.”
“Lucian!”
“I’m not making this up. I was here when he threatened Blake. Said how fast it would be to knick her in a horrible Spanish accent. Blake doesn’t have an urge to kill her.”
Helmut sighed. “Are you speaking about Samuel.”
I nodded.
“Yes, you know him?”
“When?”
“They set the time for tomorrow. If he doesn’t show, they will come.”
“Fine, but you take full responsibility for Blake.”
“Sure, whatever.” He disconnected the call. “Let’s go.”
This was why he was one of my best friends. He didn’t take shit from anyone.
He grabbed his bag, and I followed him down the stairs to the main lobby.
I didn’t need to pack, as I would be the entire weekend in my dragon form.
I feel lighter just knowing I was going to be in her vicinity, but the threat from Samuel was real. He’d done it before. He would do it again.
“See you at the palace. Don’t worry, I’ll brief them when I get there.”
“Thanks, Lu.”
“Any time. You only have to ask.”
Our roads split in the lobby as Lucian went to Master Longwei’s private elevator in his office.
When I reached outside, they already alerted Master Longwei. “The Dragon Law is with you on this one.”
I nodded and disrobed. Master Longwei took my clothes, and I transformed, darted into the air and headed for Tith. I hated the elevators. They always made me feel off balance for days and right now, I couldn’t afford to be off balance. I needed to be alert to protect Elena.
It was around four and I was glad that the sun was shining from behind me. The clouds dangled underneath my feet, looking like a soft bed of cotton. My tracking ability was strong as I headed toward Tith, and Elena was like a faint beacon that grew stronger as I neared.
I descended when the stone curtain wall that surrounded the three sides of the castle appeared on the horizon. Below the clouds, more shadows engulfed Tith.
The watch towers at the corners already carried some of Helmut’s men. By now, they would all be on alert.
Cylindrical turrets and towers with Tith’s flags flapped at the tops. Faces popped from the small square windows as they spotted my colossal figure.
The courtyard with the front garden came into view. Helmut locked the gate for the first time in years.
He never did that before, but it was needed. They wouldn’t be able to slip in without making a ruckus.
Curtains covered most of the windows and I did not know which room Elena was in, but I knew she was here, somewhere hiding in the castle.
I landed hard and a few dragons waited majestically in the courtyard. None of them trusted me, and it pissed me off.
Dad, Helmut, Emanual, Lucian and Jako came rushing out the front door and down the steps.
Lu looked at his watch and whistled. “Two hours, wicked.”
