Free Supernatural Enforcement Bureau, Book 1, The Dragon and The Vampire: Book 1 by A K Michaels

caught, he was saying some weird shit about one of their Witches taking him to somewhere in the Rockies after they had stolen a load of supplies from a Blood Bank supply truck. Apparently, the Witch did a spell to move them there so he doesn’t know where it is but says it was definitely the Rockies and they took the supplies to the opening of some cavern. I’m not sure if he was telling the truth or not...what do you think?”
    Ronan watched as Esther’s eyes widened and a look of realization dawned on her face, “What?” he asked as she obviously knew something.
    Esther took a deep breath. “The manner in which they traveled is correct, in fact, it’s the way we will be using today. However, it’s what they took there...that’s the important fact. It makes me believe that there may be a Dragon being held there and they’re draining its blood. If that’s the case then we need to find it...”
    Ronan interrupted her with a wave of his hand. “What? Are you serious? You think they’re holding a Dragon in that cavern? Why can it not escape? If it’s the same size as the one we saw then it’s freaking huge and powerful..”
    It was Esther’s turn to interrupt, “Magic, dark magic. From the limited knowledge I have, they hunt them and capture them in human form. However, the blood has to come from the actual Dragon, so they would use the dark magic to elicit a transformation and bind the Dragon in place. I would assume they keep it almost starved and dehydrated to weaken it also...leaving it completely vulnerable, weak, and at their mercy. Ronan, once we have the girl we have to use every resource to find this place and the Dragon I suspect is being held there.”
    Esther’s voice was strong and was almost, but not quite, an order. Ronan rankled at the tone but didn’t retort when he saw the pleading in the old woman’s eyes. He simply nodded his head in agreement and saw her relax slightly at his consent.
    “Okay, we’ll get right on that once we get back. So, Esther, I assume you found where the girl is and can you please explain how we’re getting there?”
    Esther smiled. “Yes, she’s about an hour’s drive from the city, in some woodland, nothing near it. She’s hiding and I can feel her fear, we need to take things slow and I will not harness any dark magic...she’ll feel it and think we are hunters. Another thing, Dragons have some empathic abilities, they do have to concentrate to use it but if she does, she should be able to sense we mean her no harm. Ronan, can you please try and not scowl? You look very frightening when you do that....”
    Ronan frowned. “What? I don’t scowl!”
    Esther actually laughed as she looked up at him. “You’re doing it now, Ronan. Just try and not frown, scowl, growl or snarl. Now, on to how we will get there. I’m going to do a spell and it will take us to very near to where she is...”
    Ronan frowned again as he stopped her. “What? Really? I thought that was all mumbo jumbo nonsense. You can really do that?”
    Esther inclined her head to the side as she smiled up at him. “It’s not mumbo jumbo as you so delicately put it. However, only someone very strong in magic and trained extensively in carrying out the spell, can do it. It’s not something I do very often but it does come in handy at times. So, just stay there and I’ll get started.”
    Ronan wasn’t at all sure about this, being moved around by magic wasn’t quite what he imagined the morning journey to be. His gaze never left Esther, watching as she closed her eyes and moved her hands fluidly in the air directly between them. Her face showed deep concentration as she muttered some unintelligible words. Out the corner of his eye he saw the leather cuff, lying on the edge of the desk, he moved quickly, snaking his hand out to grab it and placing it in his pocket...a second before he felt very strange indeed.
    Ronan had a split second of panic as he felt as if his body was being pulled