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Nicole has made more mistakes in the last few months than most people make in a lifetime. She got involved with an evil organization and found out too late just how terrible they are. Now everyone's out to kill her: the scientists, the dragons, and perhaps most of all, her former lover.
Living among the dragons wasn't supposed to be easy, but it was supposed to be safe.
She didn't realize just how long they can hold grudges though.
Lee doesn't have time for drama. He doesn't have time for much of anything anymore. He's too busy trying to figure out how the dragons can finally break free from the oppressive forces that keep sending danger their way.
He needs a break.
A vacation.
Anything.
He doesn't know what he needs, but it's certainly not Nicole.
Not her.
Not the betrayer.
When the past comes back to haunt them, Lee and Nicole are forced to go head-to-head, and Lee isn't sure if he's going to make it out of this in one piece. If Nicole doesn't kill him, she just might break his heart.
Previously
Nicole
They still don’t trust me.
I get it.
I probably wouldn’t trust me, either. Not after everything that happened. Not after I fucking shot Lawrence. I think about that moment constantly. Running it over and over in my head, I wonder why I didn’t do things differently. Just like I didn’t see things were wrong with my ex, I also didn’t see things were wrong with Bernie.
I should have known.
Now I’m living in the clan, working to earn my keep, but it’s not where I want to be. I’m not happy here. They don’t like me. There’s always someone watching me, waiting for me to screw up. I know they’re looking for any excuse to kick me out of here, and I hate that. I hate being the reason the dragons are tense and on edge.
I need to get out of here.
I need to run away.
If I can escape, if I can get far away, then they’ll be safe, and so will I. I won’t go back to Lucky. I can’t return to my old apartment. That life is gone: dead and buried. I can start fresh, though. I can start new. I just need to make a plan, and then I can get away.
I can escape.
I can be free.
It’s the middle of the day and I’m in the bakery, stocking the shelves for the dragons who work here. I don’t get paid. As the resident human everyone lov
es to hate, I kind of just take the odd jobs no one else really wants to do.
When the door jingles, I realize I’m going to have to leave the stockroom. No one else is here taking orders right now: it’s just me. The others are all out on break. They figured I’d be able to handle something as simple as taking orders for half an hour.
“Coming,” I call out. I push the bag of flour onto a shelf, wipe my hands on my apron, and go to the front of the store.
Then I stop dead in my tracks.
It’s him.
He’s here.
My heart soars until I see the scowl that crosses his face as he recognizes me.
“Oh,” he says. “It’s you.”
Chapter One
