Chapter Six
“What are you thinking?” Rachel demanded.
Ignoring her, I downed the flaming sambuca shot Zara had placed in front of me. I gave the water dragon an encouraging smile, hoping it’d keep the shots coming.
“Saying no?”
“But why?”
“I can’t fight with them.” Even if I wanted to. On more than one level. A sneaking suspicion on the exact identities of the Renegades was starting within me. And it wasn’t good for me.
All those avoided mating ceremonies, including the one I should be at now, and they still managed to find me? The world truly was a cruel place. But I wasn’t about to abandon Rachel. Not for one man and not for three. That wasn’t how the world worked.
I did another shot, the flames going out just as I threw it down my neck. Not that it would matter if they didn’t. Fi
