She tightened her grip on his arm. “What’s wrong?”
“There is a dragon coming,” he growled. He fixed her with an intense look. “Go. I will return when I have ascertained whether it knows you are here or not.”
Confusion made her pause, but then she glared at him. “You aren’t going to help them?”
He curled his lip at the accusation in her voice. “My duty lies with you,” he snapped. “I am not a guard-dog for the entire city merely because I am present.”
Koragi dug her nails into his skin as her anger swelled. He was impossible! “If you won’t help them, I will,” she goaded. “There are children out there, Toport! Don’t be such a stubborn bastard about this!”
He tightened one hand around her arm, making her wince at the pressure of his fingers. But she challenged his glare and didn’t balk at
