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First, because Dot couldn’t see me right away, and when she did, we spent at least thirty minutes meditating together—and she used her magic to do whatever she did with my mind to find my memories.
Obviously, this session was as hopeless as the previous ones.
Then, our bounty hunter said the dragon scale had been depleted of its power and he couldn’t use it to track the dragon. He needed to do a small magical ritual to reactivate the scale, so he could tap into its magic. Otherwise, he would be flying blind.
The ritual was done in the mansion’s back garden, and Kaz had asked us to stay away. Of course, we watched from a second-floor window, but he had either created a glamour so we couldn’t see it well, or he wasn’t doing anything.
“What species is he?” I asked, suddenly curious.
Kaz sat in the back garden, his legs folded underneath him, his eyes closed, the scale on the grass in front of him. And that was all we saw.
Beside me, Ivy shrugged. “I honestly don’t know. A warlock, maybe?”
“What are the species that can look like humans?” Roman asked. “Wolf shifters, demons, warlocks …”
“Fae, if they use glamour,” Ivy said.
“Though, he’s probably a demon hunter,” Roman said.
Ivy nodded. “That would make perfect sense.”
When Kaz was done with his ritual, he grabbed the scale from the ground and entered the house. We met him in the sunroom downstairs, and he announced. “The dragon is in Maine.”
* * *
Since it was alreadylate afternoon, my father suggested we stay for the night, but Kaz wasn’t having it.
“By tomorrow morning, the dragon might have crossed the Atlantic.”
He was the expert, so we followed his advice.
Ivy wanted to meet Rotgar to talk about their plans, but my father told us Rotgar had left to work on another piece of the plan. Ivy seemed hurt that the higher demon was being sent away, and she didn’t even know what that was about, but she wiped the disappointment from her face as fast as it came.
Because of the distance, we chartered a flight to Maine, then rented an off-road truck that was the size of a small house.
The flight had taken ten hours, and we slept most of the time. When awake, Ivy tried engaging in small talk with Kaz but he shut her off every time.
“This guy is ridiculous,” she complained as we walked to the truck in the rental place parking lot.
I looked up at the sky. Gray clouds covered the sky, but otherwise, it was a warm morning. I sighed. “Just let him be.”
She opened the truck’s door and took the backseat. “It’s like talking to a brick wall.” I rolled my eyes and sat beside her. She went on, “It’s bothering me.”
Kaz opened the driver’s door and I nudged Ivy to stop. We didn’t know what species he was, but most supernaturals had enhanced hearing. Even from outside, he might have heard her, and the last thing we needed was our guide to be mad at us and ditch us.
Kaz slipped behind the wheel, while Roman sat on the passenger side, and off we went. Every twenty to thirty minutes, Kaz stopped the truck and did some tracking. He sat there, with the dragon scale in his hands and his eyes closed. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and drove again with purpose.
Kaz dropped the scale and brought the truck back to the road.
"What are you doing with the scale?" Roman asked. After my father allowed me to join the party, Roman insisted he had to come too. As he had said it, he couldn’t be away from his mate. If only I felt it like that …
“The scale points me in the dragon’s general direction,” he said.
Ivy leaned forward between the front seats. “Why so often?”
“Dragons are big creatures and they are fast when flying,” Kaz said, his tone flat. “He can change directions and go toward New Hampshire at any time.”
“You check to make sure we’re still on the dragon’s tail,” I said.
