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stepped out of the Void, to stand at the foot of the bed. “Time to go.”
Amber slowly rose to her feet, grabbing her jacket from the floor where she’d dropped it earlier. Shaking it out, she pulled it on. She turned to kiss Kade who’d joined her. “I’ll be back soon.”
Kade’s hand lightly brushed across her cheek. “Be careful and get out of there as soon as the meeting is done.”
Amber nodded, pulling away, her eyes still on him. She felt Ronan’s hand land on her shoulder, his grip tightening. Then she was in the Void, her world reforming before her eyes as they stepped out of the Void to arrive at Feralenzi. She was so not ready for this.
With a hand at the small of her back, Ronan guided her between two large pillars of glossy black stone. Beneath her feet were large uneven pavers, grass growing between the cracks. The place was empty of everything but the stone pillars that surrounded it, the whole space stretching out around them.
Directly opposite, six men stepped out of the Void. Three disappeared immediately while the other three started to cross the circle towards the middle of Feralenzi. Amber couldn’t stop staring at the man in the middle. His hands were shackled in front of him, but his head was held high and his shoulders back, like he was the one in charge. Forty years of captivity hadn’t weakened Charles’ strength of character. Amber had a bad feeling that nothing would weaken this man. That he would never waver from his plan to eliminate all dragons.
They reached the centre of Feralenzi before the other group and Amber tested the area’s security. Kade had been right. There was no mentally reaching anyone outside Feralenzi let alone in it. Anything spoken here would be heard by everyone in Feralenzi and there’d be no mentally calling for help. She fought the urge to step closer to Ronan. The last thing she should do was show weakness in front of the people who had finally reached the centre.
Ronan lightly touched his chest. “Ronan.” He gestured to the side. “Amber.”
The man opposite Ronan touched his own chest. “Blair.” He gestured to the man next to him. “Charles.” Then a little further across. “Irvin.”
Both men were large, over six foot, and taller than Charles. Blair had swirling tattoos down both arms, bronze eyes and dark hair while Irvin had long blond hair tied back from his bearded face and green eyes with flecks of gold. They were dressed in black dragon-leather clothes. Long pants and vests.
“We have need of a captive from the Knights,” Ronan said.
“You’ve already mentioned that, but you haven’t said why,” Irvin said.
“Why will not be discussed. You are obviously willing to part with your prisoner for the right price or you wouldn’t be here,” Ronan said.
While the three men spoke back and forth, making very little progress as far as Amber could see, she studied them. Why hadn’t Ronan given her more information about them before they arrived? And why did he even need her here if there really wasn’t anything she could do or say? She wondered if the bronze in Blair’s eyes meant he was a Gold. Or the flecks of gold in Irvin’s green eyes meant he was one too. Other than seeing them in dragon form, was there any way to tell? Alsandair’s eyes were almost pure gold, but Kade’s were only a golden brown so maybe the eyes didn’t tell the full story. But, then if they were Gold, why had they needed someone to transport them through the Void? There was so much about dragons that she still didn’t know.
Charles spoke, interrupting Amber’s thoughts. “I knew a woman once with hair the colour of yours.”
Amber struggled to come up with something to say. All she could think of was photos of her grandmother when she was younger, her hair the same rich chestnut waves that fell around her own shoulders. She shrugged. “It’s a common enough colour.”
“The woman I knew would never have let dragons speak on her
Amber slowly rose to her feet, grabbing her jacket from the floor where she’d dropped it earlier. Shaking it out, she pulled it on. She turned to kiss Kade who’d joined her. “I’ll be back soon.”
Kade’s hand lightly brushed across her cheek. “Be careful and get out of there as soon as the meeting is done.”
Amber nodded, pulling away, her eyes still on him. She felt Ronan’s hand land on her shoulder, his grip tightening. Then she was in the Void, her world reforming before her eyes as they stepped out of the Void to arrive at Feralenzi. She was so not ready for this.
With a hand at the small of her back, Ronan guided her between two large pillars of glossy black stone. Beneath her feet were large uneven pavers, grass growing between the cracks. The place was empty of everything but the stone pillars that surrounded it, the whole space stretching out around them.
Directly opposite, six men stepped out of the Void. Three disappeared immediately while the other three started to cross the circle towards the middle of Feralenzi. Amber couldn’t stop staring at the man in the middle. His hands were shackled in front of him, but his head was held high and his shoulders back, like he was the one in charge. Forty years of captivity hadn’t weakened Charles’ strength of character. Amber had a bad feeling that nothing would weaken this man. That he would never waver from his plan to eliminate all dragons.
They reached the centre of Feralenzi before the other group and Amber tested the area’s security. Kade had been right. There was no mentally reaching anyone outside Feralenzi let alone in it. Anything spoken here would be heard by everyone in Feralenzi and there’d be no mentally calling for help. She fought the urge to step closer to Ronan. The last thing she should do was show weakness in front of the people who had finally reached the centre.
Ronan lightly touched his chest. “Ronan.” He gestured to the side. “Amber.”
The man opposite Ronan touched his own chest. “Blair.” He gestured to the man next to him. “Charles.” Then a little further across. “Irvin.”
Both men were large, over six foot, and taller than Charles. Blair had swirling tattoos down both arms, bronze eyes and dark hair while Irvin had long blond hair tied back from his bearded face and green eyes with flecks of gold. They were dressed in black dragon-leather clothes. Long pants and vests.
“We have need of a captive from the Knights,” Ronan said.
“You’ve already mentioned that, but you haven’t said why,” Irvin said.
“Why will not be discussed. You are obviously willing to part with your prisoner for the right price or you wouldn’t be here,” Ronan said.
While the three men spoke back and forth, making very little progress as far as Amber could see, she studied them. Why hadn’t Ronan given her more information about them before they arrived? And why did he even need her here if there really wasn’t anything she could do or say? She wondered if the bronze in Blair’s eyes meant he was a Gold. Or the flecks of gold in Irvin’s green eyes meant he was one too. Other than seeing them in dragon form, was there any way to tell? Alsandair’s eyes were almost pure gold, but Kade’s were only a golden brown so maybe the eyes didn’t tell the full story. But, then if they were Gold, why had they needed someone to transport them through the Void? There was so much about dragons that she still didn’t know.
Charles spoke, interrupting Amber’s thoughts. “I knew a woman once with hair the colour of yours.”
Amber struggled to come up with something to say. All she could think of was photos of her grandmother when she was younger, her hair the same rich chestnut waves that fell around her own shoulders. She shrugged. “It’s a common enough colour.”
“The woman I knew would never have let dragons speak on her
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