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I regretfully left Cillian’s dragon and followed Lykem. “Where are we?”
The structures around us were spread out and very few of them damaged. There weren’t any homes, just commercial buildings, yet none of them were marked.
“Textile processing center.” He jerked the door open. “We’re going to get clothing and bedding first, then we’ll head next door and see what’s left in the utility building.”
Clothes would be nice. I’d have to keep an eye out for something I could borrow. Even I was getting a little tired of smelling the stench of the clothes I’d been donning for a week.
Though, I was going to need a shower—or more likely, a trip to a river or lake to wash up—before I put new clothes on.
I followed Lykem into the nearest building. It was dark, but my wolf eyes quickly adjusted. There were large machines that I’d never seen before and had no idea what exactly they did, but beyond those were large wooden crates filled to the brim with sheets and blankets. That was where we headed.
We moved with urgency and Lykem started tossing me items. “Let me know when you’ve had enough.”
This time there was no snark in his words. We were all business now. Get in, get what was needed, and get the hell out.
Once the pile was about a foot over my head, I finally tapped out. “I’ll go throw this in the net and come back to help you.”
He didn’t respond. Just started gathering as many items as he could into his own arms.
I moved my legs as fast as I could without worrying about the pile that I was carrying tumbling to the ground. Thankfully, the door was easily kicked open and I headed straight for Cillian.
Peeking around the mound, I found him staring up into the sky, likely watching for anyone—or anything—who wasn’t supposed to be up there.
I dropped the items onto the net as planned, briefly ran my hand over the scales on his side, then raced back inside.
Lykem was just coming out of the door, his load nearly as big as mine had been. “One more each,” he said.
I nodded and headed inside to get started like I’d seen him doing. Except, just as I reached the box, the ground beneath my feet vibrated.
I braced myself for a moment, then listened. The first noise to reach me was that of a dragon’s roar.
Cillian.
Without thinking about anything else, I ran back toward the exit and shoved the door open just in time to see a fireball dropping from the sky, headed right toward where I stood in the doorway.
There was nowhere for me to hide. I wasn’t going to outrun the massive magical meteor-looking fireball.
There was a fleeting thought to race to the back of the building, but before I could fully turn around, Cillian’s dragon made an animalistic noise, then…motherfucking lightning shot from his mouth.
The energy was white and mystical and came out in a stream that wrapped around the fireball, squeezing tightly around the ball of destruction until it imploded in the sky before I could be burned to death.
Holy shit. That was…incredible.
I ran out of the building. Lykem was nowhere to be seen, but I was headed for my mate anyway. His chest was heaving, and as soon as I was close enough to him, his wing curved around me, tucking my body against his.
Embers dropped from the sky around us, and I realized he was protecting me from getting burned.
I pressed my forehead against his cool, smooth scales and wrapped my arms around him as best I could, soaking in the bond I couldn’t actually feel any longer, but that I could still recall from before.
Lykem popped up from under Cillian’s body. “Time to go. More of these things are coming.”
I didn’t need to hear anything else. I swung myself onto Cillian’s back, grabbed the rope, and patted his spine, indicating I was ready.
Within seconds, we were airborne. When I looked back, I wanted to rage on behalf of all the dragons here.
More buildings were burning. Five in total. One being just two over from where I’d been.
Lykem flew next to us, and we stayed low, moving at much faster speeds than before. When I checked for Sereph and Daron, I didn’t see them, but there were three more fireballs that shot out of the dark forest and were aimed right where we’d been.
