Frostbite (The Dragonian, #3) - Adrienne Woods Page 0,84
tea and get you some clothes to wear.”
“I don’t want tea, I want answers,” I yelled again. “Why did you leave?”
“I couldn’t stay, Elena. I wanted to so badly, but I couldn’t. Jako kept moving us around. Said there were dragons that knew about you and that they wanted to kill us. He moved deeper into the city and I couldn’t change anymore. I am what I am, even if I try not to be. I couldn’t go without my true form, so the best thing for me was to leave.”
“You only thought about yourself. What about me and Dad? You couldn’t just try to make it work. You never even came back.”
She closed her eyes. “I couldn’t...”
“Oh please, don’t give me that crap.” I wiped off an angry tear and threw myself down onto the whitest couch I had ever seen. This entire place would drive me insane.
She came over to me and sat down on the opposite couch. I could feel her eyes on me but I didn’t want to look at her. I’d never felt so betrayed in my entire life.
“When did you turn into a dragon?” she asked.
“The day Lucian died.”
Her eyes grew and a gasp left her mouth. “Lucian died?”
“Don’t, it’s not like you knew him.”
She sucked in a silent breath. My words stung her more than I’d hoped for, but she deserved it, all of it.
“I knew how he felt about you and you about him. I’m sorry,” she said in a soft voice. It was silent for a while as I kept staring at the tree that grew majestically through her apartment. “Did he tell you anything?” she asked.
“Nothing, he told me nothing because he died. Why do you think we are here? Vacation?”
She bit hard on her lower lip and took a deep breath before her gaze turned down another hall behind her. “Anna!” Tanya yelled.
I frowned as a girl in her early teens came running into the room. She had blond hair like mom and bright blue eyes. She was slender and really tall.
“Please give Elena some of your clothes.”
“Mom!” The girl protested.
“Please, Anna, do as you are told.”
The girl turned around and disappeared.
I started to laugh. “You are unbelievable, you know that.” I glared at the woman who I would have given anything to find a couple of years back. “Does she know who I am? Did Dad know?”
“Yes, Jako knew.”
I couldn’t believe I had a half-sister. “Is she a dragon too?”
“No, she’s not, and neither are you.”
XCUSE ME,” I said. “Are you blind? What do you call that thing that was in the throne room a couple of minutes ago?”
She gave me a sarcastic look she had no right to give. She’d left. She deserved everything that was coming to her.
Anna came back with some clothes and dropped them on the couch. She glared at her mom and then at me and left. Ungrateful little brat.
“Thank you, darling.”
Darling? I shook my head again and took the clothes that were lying on the couch. The jeans were a bit too long and I rolled up the legs. The shirt and jersey were long too, but at least they kept me warm. I hated winter and I hated the cold, but it was warm here.
“I know what it is you’re thinking, but the dragon in you should have never awoken.”
I laughed again. “The dragon in me…” I whispered. “I’m so sick and tired of the crap that keeps on happening to me.”
“Elena I know you are angry, believe me this wasn’t how we wanted you to find out about Paegeia and who you are.”
I shook my head in disgust. She didn’t know me at all, how could she possibly know who I was now. I was only two years old when she’d left. I’d needed her just as badly as that brat, Anna, did.
“I know you think by leaving you…” She stroked her face hard. “Believe me, I know seeing Anna doesn’t help, but I’m not as selfish as you think and I do love you, that is the truth. I’ve thought about you every single day.”
I wiped away another tear. “Spare me. Just tell me what you told Lucian, or must I guess the way he did, too?”
She looked down at the carpet. “You don’t need to guess.”
“Is there something that can claim Blake?”
She nodded.
“Where is it?”
“It is sitting right in front of me.”
I looked behind me and found an empty table pushed against the wall. I turned back to