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brushed a couple of black hairs off her skin. “It’s got cat hair on it.”
“And?”
“It makes me itchy.” She brushed at her clothes and arms, wishing she’d had time to collect her jacket before they’d left.
Kade grabbed it off her and threw it towards the base of a tree. “Guess that’s another one lost.”
Amber noticed several cat hairs on her arm and brushed them off. Luckily she’d left some space between her and Kade when they’d been kissing or it would have ruined her message to Justin. They hurried past the streetlight and back into the shadows. “I’m not staying on my own. You try and leave me and I’ll scream loud enough to hurt your mind.”
“Amber-”
“No. You said you’d protect me. Then the first time that stupid energy thing appears you want to ditch me. Where are Brann and Maira? Why can’t they stay with me?”
“I don’t have time for this.” Kade stopped and faced her, frustration colouring his voice.
“Then stop arguing and take me with you.” She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to ignore the cold night air.
“I can’t fly fast with you on my back. Not without you coming off.”
“A saddle would be good. Can’t you alter your appearance like the way Maira makes jewellery from her scales?”
“I wish,” Kade muttered as he glanced around. He strode down the side of a house and became a dragon long enough to slice the rope from an empty clothesline. He knotted it into a harness, making a large loop at the top to carry it by. “Put your legs through this. And listen when I tell you something. No questions. No matter what I say.”
“Aye, aye captain.” Amber slid her legs through the harness.
“Do you want to be left behind?”
Amber stared at him for a moment, thinking of the wyvern. “Fine. I’ll listen.” Before she had time for any other words, Kade became a dragon and lifted the loop of the harness. She squealed, as they were suddenly airborne, then laughed as she was dragged through the air, the wind rushing at her, causing her to shiver from the cold. Excitement burst through her and she grinned as she clung to each side of the loop that Kade held. She wanted to throw back her head and yell. But she guessed Kade would have something to say about that. Not exactly the way to avoid attention. Roller coasters were going to be extremely tame after this.
The ground rushed towards her. The crackle in the air pressed in on her. Ahead she could see Flinn. Two wyverns flew towards them. Fear mingled with the excitement. Kade slowed as a tree loomed in front of them.
“Stay in the tree.”
Kade deposited her in the branches and took off, flying straight towards the wyverns.
Amber tried to get comfortable, wrapping the loop around her waist so it didn’t get caught on the branches. She was glad she’d chosen to wear long black pants with her short-sleeved shirt that left a few centimetres of skin showing at her waist. She wore her usual boots and guessed they’d make it near impossible to get out of the tree if she needed to.
She peered into the night and tried to see what was happening. Every now and then she saw a gleam as something caught the moonlight that peeked through streaky clouds. Every sound had her turning her head. Then a wyvern flew towards her with a dragon close behind it. For a moment she thought it was Kade, but the scales were dark blue rather than a golden brown. Flinn came in fast, flying above the wyvern. He headed straight for her. So did the wyvern. Neither seemed interested in her.
Amber looked up and saw a ball of light above her head. It seemed to be caught in the branches. She reached out to touch it.
“No!”
She recognised Flinn’s mental voice. It was the same as his verbal one.
“What’s happening?”
Kade came towards her from the right, having dealt with the other wyvern.
“Don’t touch!”
He was too late. Amber’s hand closed over the Pliethin. A jolt of energy made her cry out. Losing her
“And?”
“It makes me itchy.” She brushed at her clothes and arms, wishing she’d had time to collect her jacket before they’d left.
Kade grabbed it off her and threw it towards the base of a tree. “Guess that’s another one lost.”
Amber noticed several cat hairs on her arm and brushed them off. Luckily she’d left some space between her and Kade when they’d been kissing or it would have ruined her message to Justin. They hurried past the streetlight and back into the shadows. “I’m not staying on my own. You try and leave me and I’ll scream loud enough to hurt your mind.”
“Amber-”
“No. You said you’d protect me. Then the first time that stupid energy thing appears you want to ditch me. Where are Brann and Maira? Why can’t they stay with me?”
“I don’t have time for this.” Kade stopped and faced her, frustration colouring his voice.
“Then stop arguing and take me with you.” She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to ignore the cold night air.
“I can’t fly fast with you on my back. Not without you coming off.”
“A saddle would be good. Can’t you alter your appearance like the way Maira makes jewellery from her scales?”
“I wish,” Kade muttered as he glanced around. He strode down the side of a house and became a dragon long enough to slice the rope from an empty clothesline. He knotted it into a harness, making a large loop at the top to carry it by. “Put your legs through this. And listen when I tell you something. No questions. No matter what I say.”
“Aye, aye captain.” Amber slid her legs through the harness.
“Do you want to be left behind?”
Amber stared at him for a moment, thinking of the wyvern. “Fine. I’ll listen.” Before she had time for any other words, Kade became a dragon and lifted the loop of the harness. She squealed, as they were suddenly airborne, then laughed as she was dragged through the air, the wind rushing at her, causing her to shiver from the cold. Excitement burst through her and she grinned as she clung to each side of the loop that Kade held. She wanted to throw back her head and yell. But she guessed Kade would have something to say about that. Not exactly the way to avoid attention. Roller coasters were going to be extremely tame after this.
The ground rushed towards her. The crackle in the air pressed in on her. Ahead she could see Flinn. Two wyverns flew towards them. Fear mingled with the excitement. Kade slowed as a tree loomed in front of them.
“Stay in the tree.”
Kade deposited her in the branches and took off, flying straight towards the wyverns.
Amber tried to get comfortable, wrapping the loop around her waist so it didn’t get caught on the branches. She was glad she’d chosen to wear long black pants with her short-sleeved shirt that left a few centimetres of skin showing at her waist. She wore her usual boots and guessed they’d make it near impossible to get out of the tree if she needed to.
She peered into the night and tried to see what was happening. Every now and then she saw a gleam as something caught the moonlight that peeked through streaky clouds. Every sound had her turning her head. Then a wyvern flew towards her with a dragon close behind it. For a moment she thought it was Kade, but the scales were dark blue rather than a golden brown. Flinn came in fast, flying above the wyvern. He headed straight for her. So did the wyvern. Neither seemed interested in her.
Amber looked up and saw a ball of light above her head. It seemed to be caught in the branches. She reached out to touch it.
“No!”
She recognised Flinn’s mental voice. It was the same as his verbal one.
“What’s happening?”
Kade came towards her from the right, having dealt with the other wyvern.
“Don’t touch!”
He was too late. Amber’s hand closed over the Pliethin. A jolt of energy made her cry out. Losing her
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