Frostbite (The Dragonian, #3) - Adrienne Woods Page 0,24
in danger and Paul knew exactly what Lucian had discovered so he executed his plan faster. You didn’t know that humans could do that?”
“No, but then again this is a world of the strange and unexplained. Anything is possible.”
“So, what does the Viden think about your date?”
“She doesn’t know. For some reason she really struggles to see me. After the Warbel games she struggles with plenty of things.”
“You think she’s lost her touch?”
“No, she just doesn’t trust it anymore.”
“I don’t understand.”
“It’s hard to explain to you how Irene’s gift works. All you need to know is that when she says something while she’s going whoo whoo,” his hands and eyes mimicked the action and it made me laugh. “Then you know you should pay attention.”
“Can you feel the darkness?”
“It comes and goes. For some reason when I make myself useful, like helping you or coaching the Warbel team, it’s bearable.”
“See, helping others is good.”
He smiled.
“Is that the reason you decided to do this?”
“It’s one of them.”
“There are more? What are the others?”
“You’re not ready to know that yet,” he said and jumped up. “Come, I’ll race you to the Academy.” He ran to the edge, pulled off his robe with one yank and dove off.
I got up and ran to the edge to see his dragon gliding above the tree tops as he ascended.
I closed my eyes, pulled off my own robe and for the first time ever, I, Elena Watkins, followed his lead.
My heart didn’t bounce the way it used to in the beginning and my mind didn’t think about me splatting on the earth. I knew that my dragon was real, and I guessed I’d finally started to make peace with what I was. I took a deep breath as the wind blew in my face and within five seconds the change came and my wings opened and trusted the wind beneath them.
HE NEXT DAY was Friday. I didn’t meet Blake behind the Parthenon Dome anymore but on the top of the mountain.
He smiled as he saw my dragon form landing. “Cara or Elena?” he asked in a teasing voice.
“Be careful who you wish for rodent,” Cara replied.
“Cara.” Blake grinned and showed his canines.
“Or is it, idiot?” I said and his smirk disappeared.
Cara laughed as we went to the nearest tree to change.
See you later, sweets.
“Ciao.”
I changed back to my human form, pulled the robe over my naked body and sat next to Blake on the boulder.
“So what are we going to do today, Yoda?”
He laughed. “What do you want to do?” he asked me in a seductive voice and I really hated the fact that he was making my stomach flip every time he used that honey voice on me.
“Nothing,” I said and lay on my back as I soaked up the sun’s rays. The wind was really starting to get cold but high on the mountain the sun was the master and it felt as if I was recharged by its rays.
“That sounds like a great plan.” Blake lay down on his back next to me with his arms resting under his head.
“Can I ask you a question?” I asked.
“Shoot.”
“How did your father beat you that last time? I mean, you are the Rubicon, and so powerful. I just don’t understand.”
He kept quiet for a while.
I turned on my stomach and rested my upper body on my elbows and looked at him. His eyes were closed and it didn’t look as if he wanted to answer my question. “Blake, I need to know how to control my temper if someone has to beat me.”
“Elena, I was drunk. It’s the only time that he’s tamable. Why do you think I get drunk on a weekly basis?”
“But you still do messed up things when you are drunk?”
“That is what happens when people are drunk.”
“They don’t burn down factories.”
“How do you know, you ever get drunk before?”
I laughed at the way his face questioned mine.
“Almost, and believe me burning something down didn’t come up,” I said and saw how the corners of his lips twitched slightly upwards. “So he’s basically asleep when you are wasted?”
“I didn’t say that. He’s a bit calmer and it’s easier to hold on.”
“Why do you hold on, why not succumb to the darkness?”
“Would you?”
“I’m going that way, so I don’t know if I would fight it the way you do. I don’t think I’m that strong.”
He smiled. “You think I’m strong, fighting this?”
“Yeah, you are.” I swallowed hard and looked away. For someone that