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If my true loves were among them, I was doomed.
“We lost her scent here.” The voice sounded like the lightning prince’s. “But she seems to have lingered.” He sniffed. “We should go west. There’s a faint scent in that direction.”
I’d hung another piece of my clothing on a branch a mile away from here. He must have scented that while my cannibal plant concealed me.
They were lucky that there were barely any cannibal plants on the side of the jungle near the gray ocean.
The footsteps moved further away from me.
My beasts hadn’t attacked any invaders. They were lurking in the deep shadow, blending into the bushes and trees. Through our bond, I had held them in place.
That was one of my Fae magics I’d brought to this place—the bonding magic. If I concentrated hard, I could even slip into their minds and see what they saw. I usually didn’t do that since it always gave me headaches and made me feel hungover.
As the dragon men chased after my scent, I debated whether I should sneak back to the dragon ship and gather more intel. The ice dragon seemed to have more information than the others. He could be brainstorming with his warriors now, even though he’d claimed to return to his nap.
Other than my bonding magic, I could also phase. I’d once phased in and out of the Vampire Tower and the Witch Tower. A ship’s hull shouldn’t stop me.
I commanded the cannibal plant to lower its leaves, and it obeyed. Just as I stepped one foot out, I heard the approach of quiet feet padding on the forest floor. I pricked my pointed ears and smirked a predatory smile. Someone was trying to be sneaky, and it was a lone person—just what I needed.
I would grab him for interrogation first, no matter if he intended to seek me out or that he was lost.
“Girl?” a deep, beautiful male voice called. “Girl?”
It was Blaze’s voice, and he sounded as if he were coaxing a scared, runaway kitten.
Except I wasn’t scared, I was the scary Furies.
The fire dragon peeked in at the entrance of the jungle, his ember eyes scanning the bushes. His golden hair held a hint of red and was tied in a bun.
“Here,” I called out and waved at him, then realized it would be to my advantage to appear less eager and more reluctant and fearful. A damsel in distress always wormed her way into a guy’s heart or pants, especially if he had an inferiority complex or superior superhero complex, like the Archangel I’d tricked.
Blaze grinned, his confident eyes brightening. He’d expected to find me. This one—despite that he’d been a warrior for a while—must have lived a pampered life and always gotten what he wanted.
Good luck getting your way in my jungle and my world.
He had no idea how dangerous it was to enter the jungle. It was even perilous for an army to trespass into the jungle. I was more than giddy that I’d caught him first.
“I didn’t want to scare you away,” he said as he jogged toward me, his voice now rich with honey, yet concealing the fire that was his essence. “I left unnoticed and came alone.”
Right, you got me.
He’d gambled that I would hide nearby.
“Aren’t you clever?” I purred.
Desire floated to his eyes, darkening its golden shade.
Footsteps some distance away pounded in our direction.
“Shush,” I said, darting my eyes around as I considered my next step.
“It’s dangerous here,” he said. “Come with me to my ship and I’ll protect you.”
Well, he was quick to promise me. I eyed him suspiciously, as any fragile woman would, though I was the most dangerous monster in the jungle, except for the Phantom. It was ironic that as a full-blood dragon, Blaze had no idea how deadly I could be.
“I won’t hurt you,” he said. “I’ve never met anyone like you. To encounter an untamed beauty on this godforsaken place is awesome. What’s your name?” He stopped suddenly, as if realizing he was babbling.
I tilted my head. “Thinking of taming me?”
