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I started back as memories of the first time she’d tried to kill me flashed through my mind. Helen laughed. “Well, not quite you, but that handsome dragon lover of yours. He should be here any-” The grin on her lips widened. “Speak of the devil.”
Alec and Rodney appeared out of another side street with my father in the lead. He stopped and stretched out his arm to block Alec’s path, which was a good thing because his attention was only on me.
“Are you alright?” he called to me.
My eyes darted to Helen. “Sort of.”
Helen smiled and bowed low to Rodney. “It’s a pleasure to see you again, Master Cordray.”
“The pleasure is all yours,” Rodney sniped back before he turned his attention to Shore. “And the pleasure is all mine, Lady of the Woods.”
Shone smiled and inclined her head
