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Authors: Katie MacAlister
It's All Greek to Me (34 page)
“No.”
I knew just how much it cost him to admit that.
He took a deep breath, his eyes sparkling with the light of vengeance.
“She has grown more powerful in the past month.
I do not know where she is getting the members for her tribe of ouroboros dragons, but we encountered more than thirty of them in Belgium, and another two dozen in Turkey.
That she can lose that many members and still have the number of dragons we saw when we finally chased her to Nepal .
.
.”
He shook his head and didn’t finish the sentence, clearly frustrated that he hadn’t caught her to deal with her himself.
I knew just how much it cost him to admit that.
He took a deep breath, his eyes sparkling with the light of vengeance.
“She has grown more powerful in the past month.
I do not know where she is getting the members for her tribe of ouroboros dragons, but we encountered more than thirty of them in Belgium, and another two dozen in Turkey.
That she can lose that many members and still have the number of dragons we saw when we finally chased her to Nepal .
.
.”
He shook his head and didn’t finish the sentence, clearly frustrated that he hadn’t caught her to deal with her himself.
For a moment I was stunned by what he said.
“You ran into more than fifty of Thala’s ouroboros dragons before you lost them in the wilds of Nepal?”
“You ran into more than fifty of Thala’s ouroboros dragons before you lost them in the wilds of Nepal?”
“Fifty-eight.”
“What happened to them?”
I knew from the manner in which Baltic had greeted me upon his return that morning that he had no injuries, so it wasn’t likely he’d fought the dragons.
I knew from the manner in which Baltic had greeted me upon his return that morning that he had no injuries, so it wasn’t likely he’d fought the dragons.
His eyes grew hard and even shinier.
“What do you think happened to them?”
“What do you think happened to them?”
“You didn’t kill them?”
“Not alone.
Pavel was with me.”
Pavel was with me.”
I gawked at him.
“Baltic!”
“Baltic!”
“They were trying to kill us,” he pointed out, instantly quelling the lecture I was about to give.
Although I had my doubts as to whether Thala’s intentions in regard to Baltic were of a murderous nature, I knew from past experience that her gang of outlaw ouroboros dragons were much more cutthroat.
Although I had my doubts as to whether Thala’s intentions in regard to Baltic were of a murderous nature, I knew from past experience that her gang of outlaw ouroboros dragons were much more cutthroat.
“I still don’t like it.”
“Your heart is too soft,” he said, giving my behind another squeeze.
“That is not my heart, and you know full well I don’t like killing.
Which is why I wholly approve of the plan to bring Thala to the Otherworld Committee for justice.
They can banish her to the Akasha, or something appropriate like that.”
Which is why I wholly approve of the plan to bring Thala to the Otherworld Committee for justice.
They can banish her to the Akasha, or something appropriate like that.”
Baltic made a noncommittal noise that had me glancing sharply at him, but before I could do more than wonder, he said, “You will ask the archimage if there is another who could deal with Thala now that we know where she is.”
“I thought you said she disappeared in Nepal?”
His lips thinned a little.
“She did.
But I suspect she has taken control of an aerie high in the Himalayas.”
“She did.
But I suspect she has taken control of an aerie high in the Himalayas.”
“The one I saw in my vision a few months ago?”
I asked, remembering the cold, bleak stone building.
I asked, remembering the cold, bleak stone building.
“That is the aerie, yes.
It used to be held by Kostya, before Thala confined him there.”
It used to be held by Kostya, before Thala confined him there.”
I shivered at the thought of being held prisoner in such a stark location.
“All of that notwithstanding, I will ask Dr.
Kostich, but I can tell you now that there isn’t anyone else to help us.
And stop looking at me like that—I don’t want to have to deal with him any more than you do, even though he’s really not the horrible person you think he is.”
“All of that notwithstanding, I will ask Dr.
Kostich, but I can tell you now that there isn’t anyone else to help us.
And stop looking at me like that—I don’t want to have to deal with him any more than you do, even though he’s really not the horrible person you think he is.”
“He is responsible for your death, mate.”
“You know as well as I do that he wasn’t responsible for my dying a second time.
Well, not directly responsible.
Besides, I apologized about that, so you can stop looking like you’re going to yell at me again.
It’s not as if I die so often that I deserve a lecture.
Honestly, Baltic, you really are becoming just as bossy as Drake, and you know that only irritates me.”
Well, not directly responsible.
Besides, I apologized about that, so you can stop looking like you’re going to yell at me again.
It’s not as if I die so often that I deserve a lecture.
Honestly, Baltic, you really are becoming just as bossy as Drake, and you know that only irritates me.”
“I do not like you going where I cannot protect you,” he said in a low grumble that was softened by the look of love in his beautiful onyx eyes.
I melted against him, unable to resist the emotions I knew bound us so tightly together.
“The other mates should come here instead of your going into London.”
I melted against him, unable to resist the emotions I knew bound us so tightly together.
“The other mates should come here instead of your going into London.”
“It’s Aisling’s turn to host the Mate’s Union meeting, and even if it wasn’t, I’m not going to live my life hiding in the shadows because Thala is on the loose.”
I kissed him quickly so as to avoid the temptation his mouth offered, and climbed into the back of the sleek dark blue car.
“I’m going to do a little shopping before I meet with Aisling and May, and, yes, I’ll be careful, so you can stop fretting.
Thala is in Nepal, not here in England.”
I kissed him quickly so as to avoid the temptation his mouth offered, and climbed into the back of the sleek dark blue car.
“I’m going to do a little shopping before I meet with Aisling and May, and, yes, I’ll be careful, so you can stop fretting.
Thala is in Nepal, not here in England.”
“There is nothing to say she hasn’t escaped.”
“You left a whole bunch of Drake’s guys to watch the borders, didn’t you?
Stop worrying.
They’ll tell you if she leaves the aerie.”
Stop worrying.
They’ll tell you if she leaves the aerie.”
“Assuming they see her,” he muttered darkly.
“I’m the first one to admit she’s powerful, but I don’t see her getting out of the country without someone noticing.
I’ll be back before dinner.
If Brom and Nico come home early, remind them that Brom’s vacation was officially over yesterday and it wouldn’t hurt them to start on his lessons this afternoon.
Oh, and Baltic?”
I’ll be back before dinner.
If Brom and Nico come home early, remind them that Brom’s vacation was officially over yesterday and it wouldn’t hurt them to start on his lessons this afternoon.
Oh, and Baltic?”
“Yes?”
He leaned into the car.
He leaned into the car.
I grabbed his head and pulled hard on the little core of dragon fire that slumbered inside me, letting it flow out to him as I kissed him again.
“Perhaps later we can explore some more of
your
secret fantasies,” I whispered, smiling to myself at the look of mingled surprise and passion that flitted through his eyes.
“Perhaps later we can explore some more of
your
secret fantasies,” I whispered, smiling to myself at the look of mingled surprise and passion that flitted through his eyes.
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