Frostbite (The Dragonian, #3) - Adrienne Woods Page 0,98

didn’t think twice and found myself in the room I’d only seen once: when Nicole had tried to claim me.

Blake’s robe was sitting on the bench. I didn’t have time for him, I had to find Lucian.

I ran to the gate where Cheng stood and my anger came back when I saw Arianna walking in the Coliseum with her hands in the air, wearing the shortest little skirt and a vest that managed to show her cleavage. An urge to kill her and eat her heart right in front of her father emerged in my core. I wondered what it would taste like.

I bit my lower lip hard as Thunderstruck played and found Blake still in his human form, wearing the same expression as me. The only difference was his lip biting resembled someone that wanted to fuck her and not someone that wanted to taste her heart.

I shook his image away from me.

“We have to get her out of there, before she gets herself killed.”

“She wants to claim him, let her,” I said.

“Elena, he’ll kill her. She doesn’t have his ability, she doesn’t have the right blood flowing through her veins.”

“Not my problem.”

“Then help me save her.”

“Um,” I said. “No.”

He nodded a couple of times slowly and gave me his unbelievable smile. I just shrugged at him, finding it amusing. “Help me or I swear to you Elena, I will take whatever pain will be brought down on me and I’ll tell everyone who you are.”

I froze. I didn’t like that. “You wouldn’t dare.”

“You want to test me on that? You’ll be forced to claim him.” He smirked while looking at Blake. “It will be worth every single second of shriveling.”

“Fine. What’s your mighty plan, four eyes?”

“I’ll distract, you get her out,” he said and rolled his neck and shoulders a couple of times. He changed immediately.

I pushed the button and Cheng flew out of the gate. I could hear the crowd’s commotion. I imagined those two idiots up in the tower broadcasting this great event to everyone that couldn’t be here, wondering what the hell was going on now. It brought a smile to my face.

I crouched and glanced at Cheng who was dangling over Blake like a little irritating bird and when he looked up trying to snatch at him, I made my way to Arianna.

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“Chill, puss in boots. This wasn’t my idea. Believe me if it was up to me, I would’ve let you stay in here so that he could scorch your ass.”

She hovered for a few seconds with her mouth gaping open.

“Oh shit, I forgot to say princess.” I pouted. “So sorry, your highness.” If you went and looked up sarcasm, you would have found me.

“What is wrong with you, your eyes?”

“Don’t be jealous, now scoot or I’ll kill you myself.”

Her eyes rose and we managed to duck one of Blake’s bolts of lightning. I started to laugh. “The boy is surely agitated today. Whoa,” I yelled.

“I’m so out of here,” Arianna said in a tone I’d never heard her use before – fear. She ran like a scared cat back to the entrance.

Another bolt of fire kept me from following. I just kept on laughing as it was so hilarious, and then everything disappeared as I heard a gate shutting.

I looked over toward the entrance and saw Cheng and Arianna safe behind it.

“You fucking bastard!” I yelled and got up to run to him, but ducked back down as Blake was releasing another jet of flame.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. To fall for his trick. You stupid idiot. I pounded the ground with my fist.

I couldn’t believe he’d played me like that. He only wanted me inside this ring to face Blake because he knew I was the only one that could. Well not today, Crown-Tail.

Think, Elena, think. Here are people that care about you a lot. Use that.

I started to cry, and really put all my fear into it. I looked at Constance and begged her with my eyes. Master Longwei started to give orders to send in a rescue team but Cheng refused to let them pass the gate. Arianna kept glaring back at me. The idiot hadn’t told them yet otherwise he would be shriveling in pain, somehow they managed to not pursue the rescue. I looked back at Master Longwei. He was my only hope as he was still waiting for them to come and get me out of the ring. He had a confused