Lord of Destiny (The Dragon Demigods #6) - Charlene Hartnady Page 0,90

mess.

“Hey,” Bolt says from the doorway. “Wow!” he adds, looking at the wall I already painted. “That’s impressive.”

If I keep going like this, I’ll have most of the walls done within an hour. I keep going, hearing Bolt walk over to me. We made the decision to wait for Bolt to get back from his business trip, which happened to be very early this morning. I can scent why he’s late. It had nothing to do with any airport delays.

Sex.

Lucky bastard!

I’m happy for him. I honestly never thought I’d see Bolt so in love. Then again, I never thought that I would fall in love either, and I have. It’s only taken a week, but there it is. I’m essentially fucked.

“Is everything okay?” I hear the concern in his voice. Bolt has very little idea about what’s happened since he left…and a lot has happened. He called Tri, Night, and me to invite us to this bakery revamp press party. Tri told him that there had been an incident, that we ran into some non-humans but that everything was under control and back to normal. In other words, we lied through our fucking teeth. I turn to face Bolt. He looks so carefree and relaxed. No clue of the shitstorm that has taken place. We were going to wait until after this event at Buns to tell him, but I find I’m bursting at the seams. I can’t keep this inside. I need to talk about it, and fuck…he needs to know.

I look outside. Everyone is doing their thing. No one is paying us any attention. “You know that incident that happened last weekend?”

He nods.

“One of them touched me…a woman,” I remind him.

He nods again. “I take it you saw something.” He lifts his brows. “Something bad?”

I shake my head. “I got nothing from her.”

I see him frown. “What, then?”

“She did…see something.” His frown deepens. He’s probably wondering why no one filled him in on this. I go on, “She saw something from my future, and it wasn’t good. It wasn’t good at all!”

“Okay. What happened?” He folds his arms. “Why didn’t anyone tell me any of this? Are you in danger?”

“Night mentioned that this trip was very important to you. Something about an acquisition. That, and some time away with your girlfriend. You’ve gotten mad in the past about being interrupted,” I tell him.

Bolt narrows his eyes. “I guess that’s true, but I’ve changed. This looks serious. You look kind of spooked. Tell me about this premonition. Are you afraid it’s going to come true? How much can you trust this woman? This group? They might be non-humans, but that doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy.” He sounds like we did a few days ago.

I choke out a laugh. “The premonition almost came true,” I say. “And I can trust her.”

“What do you mean it almost came true? What happened? I feel like I’m missing something here.”

I tell Bolt about how Raven had the vision at the MMA fight. About their car breaking down. I give a brief overview of each person, and then I tell him that the men are dragon demigods.

I watch his facial expression change to disbelief. “What the fuck?” he snarls, quickly lowering his voice and looking outside. “There are more dragon demigods? You guys didn’t think to tell me this?” I haven’t even told him about Zale yet, and already Bolt looks…intense. His Adam’s apple works. I can see that his mind is working too. It’s working overtime.

“We knew this day might come,” I try to soften the blow.

Bolt starts to say something, but there’s a knock at the door, which is half open. It’s Bolt’s girlfriend, Ashley. “Is everything okay in here?” She sounds hesitant as her head pops around the door.

“All good, Babe. I’ll be out in a minute.” Bolt winks at her, looking the picture of calm.

Ashley smiles at him. “I just wanted you to know that another one of your friends is here.” She steps to the side, and Rage walks in.

“I was at a loose end and thought I could come and help paint.” He looks bored. It’s weird to see a paintbrush in his hand. He’s dressed in black from head to toe. Not very smart, considering what we are here to do. “It’s a shit show out there.” He points with the paintbrush to all the madness of the flashing cameras and people. I think more people have arrived since Ashley and Bolt appeared. “I thought I would come