Smoke and Fire: (11 page)
Authors: Donna Grant
Tags: #Fiction, #Romance, #Paranormal, #General, #Gothic, #Fantasy, #Urban, #Sagas
“Why didn’t you tell Con that Ulrik might have someone working with him?”
Ryder paused in his typing at the sound of Kinsey’s voice. “Because it’s a theory.”
“Theories are what break open cases sometimes.”
“I’ve a million speculations about Ulrik. We doona have the time to chase all of them. He’s already ahead of us.”
“Then it’s time for you to gain an advantage,” she insisted. “There’s no way Ulrik can be running things on his own.”
Ryder ran a hand down his face. “It’s no’ so simple, Kins. We can no’ trust anyone.”
“Especially not humans.”
“I didna say that.”
“You didn’t have to. I understand,” she said, her voice laced with ire.
He sighed. “So many want to expose us.”
“And why do you care?” she asked as she threw up her hands. She spun the chair to face him. “You’re a bloody Dragon King. You can’t be killed by anything other than another Dragon King. Why not show the world who you really are?”
“We did that once. It didna work verra well, if you remember from my story.”
She looked down at her hands, picking at her thumbnail. “You’ve magic and powers. You can shift. You can fly and breathe fire. Why do you hide from us?”
“Because the alternative is to go to war with your race, and a second war means that one of us will be annihilated.”
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
“Smoke and Fire Part 2” Copyright © 2016 by Donna Grant.
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eISBN 978-1-4668-8388-9
First eBook Edition: March 2016