The Dragon Kings Book Twenty

Damon is an idiot.

He never should’ve gone home and gotten trapped by his mother. If he hadn’t, he’d be with Ruby and she never would’ve gotten caught.

Now, Sid is sending a team after her and Damon isn’t about to be left behind.

They manage to rescue the babies, but something is very, very wrong with Ruby….

Damon liked feeling useful. Ever since Liam disappeared, he’d had this need to do something. And now, Sid had him spying on a very dangerous enemy. He’d waited for Jens to leave the meeting with Sid before he followed.

He carried the trash out of the Purple Dragon into the cool evening air and looked around for Jens. He was standing near the dumpsters. Damon grinned. Spying would be easier than he’d thought. He went around the backside of the dumpsters just in case Jens was suspicious at all, but the man seemed oblivious to his surroundings.

Damon didn’t throw the trash away. He held onto it and waited, listening. Ugh, the smell back here was horrible. He covered his nose with his free hand. A hawk perched on top of the fence that shielded the dumpsters from the public. Damon could see it, but it couldn’t see him.

“What do you mean he took one of them?” Jens spat. He turned around and kicked at a stone, muttering and cursing.

Maybe Jens was just an idiot who didn’t know to keep his thoughts to himself. He could’ve easily communicated with his mind, but he decided to talk instead. Damon would have to guess what the hawk said, but that wouldn’t be that hard.

“Why the hell would he kidnap a stupid girl?”

Ruby didn’t show up for school today, and he hadn’t seen her since. She went without him. This was bad. If only his mom hadn’t taken his phone and kept him locked up. He wanted to run back into the Purple Dragon and tell Sid what was going on, but he had to wait and see what else Jens would say.

There was a beat of silence, and Jens swore again.

“Who is this girl anyway?”

More silence. The stench of the garbage floated around Damon, and he had to breathe through his mouth.

“Skye’s daughter, huh? Well, that complicates things. Anything else I should know?”

Damon’s heart sank at the confirmation. He had hoped for just a second that it was someone else. Some other badass dragon princess who went seeking the babies. But no, it was definitely his badass dragon princess. And she was now in the hands of murderers.

She could’ve just as easily gotten him from school, but she didn’t. Part of him wanted to be angry with her, but he was too worried to do that. She was unlikely to make it out of there alive. He loved her, but he also knew what she was up against, and it wasn’t good.

“Send word that I’m on my way. Tell them to keep her alive. I need to question her.”

Damon let out a breath of relief.

She was alive for now, but that probably wouldn’t last long.