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“Might work.” He nodded. “Saw the girls. They told me what was happening. Crazy shit. I wanted them to run, but they were having none of it.”
“I know.” I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. “Apparently the Dragons at the meeting in town had the formula on them. I do believe what they’re trying to do is a three Dragon job. If they don’t come back, and clearly that’s not happening, Puck will incinerate the town.”
“Caught that part,” Junior said as he carefully handed me a squirt gun. As I examined it, wondering if he’d lost his mind, he grabbed my wrist and immobilized me. “Shit’s dangerous, Essie.”
“It’s a squirt gun.”
“Yes, Einstein. It’s a squirt gun. A squirt gun that has a liquid in it that will inhibit a shift—stop it completely. The one thing we can’t let happen is to allow a Dragon to shift. None of us stands a chance against a pissed off psychotic flying reptile the size of a football stadium.”
He was correct. Wolves were deadly, but Dragons beat us on size alone…not to mention the fire thing.
“Did we happen to get the formula before Dwayne blew them up?” I asked.
Junior rolled his eyes and grunted. I took that as a no. Did it matter? Dragons were notoriously selfish and greedy—at least that’s what I’d always heard. There was a very good chance each of them had played a specific role and didn’t show their hand even to each other. It would certainly ensure they needed each other. Or to be more precise…wouldn’t kill each other. It would also explain why Puck was so furious they weren’t back yet.
Holy hell, I didn’t want to be around when Dragon Puck found out they’d been turned to goop.
“I need to go in there and douse the Dragon right now,” I said.
“You’re almost correct,” Hank said from behind me. Junior slapped his hand over my mouth and stifled my screaming again for the second time in five minutes. Hank had definitely used the self tanner too. “But I’m sure you meantwe.Weneed to go douse the Dragon and then tear him to shreds.”
I glanced over at the man who made my world right and I grinned. “Yes, I’m sure I meant to say that.”
“What about the she-wolves?” Junior asked.
Hank put his finger to his lips and pointed. The Tinas were making their way back to the holding room where the girls were. Their hair and clothing was singed and they appeared shell shocked and pissed. Crap.
“Junior, go around this building, come up in the rear and protect the girls. I’d like the Tinas alive, but you have my blessing to use deadly force,” Hank told his brother.
“There’s nothing I’d enjoy more, little bro. Where’s Granny?”
“She stayed in town. Go, go, go.”
Junior quickly shifted and left.
“Dwayne?” I inquired.
“He’s also in town doing crowd control, seeing as he was the one who caused the massive disaster.”
“You left a Vampyre and my granny in charge?” I was shocked and impressed.
“Not just any Vampyre…A three hundred year old gay drag queen Vampyre who can blow up Dragons.”
Hank put his hand over his mouth, closed his eyes and gathered himself for a moment. I was becoming increasingly more relieved that I’d missed Dwayne’s new party trick.
“Your buddy is apparently the hit of Hung. The crowds started chanting ‘Gaga’ as soon as they saw him. They were listening to him more than they were listening to me, so I told him he and Granny were running the show and to clean up his mess. Then I left.”
He shrugged and grimaced.
“Plan?” I asked.
“Your call.”
I swelled with pride that Hank was going to follow my lead. The simple fact that he trusted me meant the world.
“He has fertilized eggs in there somewhere. We need to get them and any computers or files we find.”
“Wait. Eggs? Fertilized?”
