Free Dragon Blood 5: Mage by Avril Sabine Page B

through his. “Be careful.”
    “You too.” His fingers tightened on hers before he let go, disappearing into the Void. Daray vanished too.
    Ronan held out his hand. “Ready, kitten?”
    She nodded.
    “Try not to kill all of them.”
    “I hadn’t planned to kill any of them.”
    Ronan laughed. “That’s what you say now. Just remember not to kill all of them. I need to discuss some things with them.”
    She took his hand. As if she wanted to kill anyone else. “Fine.” When they came out into her old bedroom, Amber let go of him, striding towards the door. Everything was quiet. A glance around her bedroom showed nothing out of the ordinary. Even Ronan was gone, hopefully in the Void, watching her. She hesitated, her hand on the knob as she searched the room on the other side of the door. Five people. All of them familiar except one. And even he was kind of familiar. He’d been with Wayne and Stanley when she’d tracked them Monday.
    When she swung the door open, all five men looked towards her. Amber had time to glimpse the bruises and blood on Cooper and Elliot before Kade and Daray stepped out of the Void and took them into it. Anger exploded in her and she knew why Ronan had warned her not to kill them.
    “Drop your weapons and I won’t hurt you.” She couldn’t promise the same for anyone else.
    The other man laughed, pointing his gun at her. Amber jumped to the side as he fired. Kade, coming out of the Void with Rian, tackled the man. Daray attacked Stanley while Ronan stepped out of the Void in front of Wayne, grabbing his gun and tossing it across the room.
    It was almost a disappointment. Her hands were curled into fists, anger filling her at the image of Cooper and Elliot that remained in her mind, and she hadn’t managed to do anything more than give them a warning. “What made you think you could take on the dragons and win?”
    “This is why they should die. If we let them keep breeding we’d be overrun and slaughtered,” Wayne said.
    “Most of you aren’t worth the time it’d take to slaughter you,” Ronan said.
    “Why did you want me here?” Amber asked.
    “We need a Gold,” Wayne said. “We knew at least one would come after you.”
    “Shut up,” the other man said.
    “Daray, take them to my place and chain them up,” Ronan said.
    “He’s my warrior, not yours,” Amber said.
    Ronan smiled. “And are you not mine?”
    Her jaw clenched as she held back the words to argue that comment. “And are you not mine?”
    Ronan chuckled. “It seems we have a bit of a dilemma then, kitten.”
    “Tell him he can house them and we will interrogate them,”
Rian told Amber.
    “That’s okay. You house them, we’ll interrogate them,” Amber said.
    Ronan shot a look towards his son. “Stop interfering.” He turned back to Amber. “Do you have somewhere secure?”
    She nodded. “The dungeons.”
    Stanley struggled, trying to escape Daray. “You’re not putting me in a dungeon.”
    Amber stepped close to him, eyes narrowing as she met his. “Does that worry you, Stanley? It should. Let me see if I can remember how it goes. Chained to a wall with no food or water until you talk. Isn’t that right?”
    “I should have killed you,” Stanley spat.
    “Yeah, you should have.” Amber stepped away from Stanley before she faced Ronan again. “Well?”
    Ronan nodded. “Have it your way. For now.” His gaze slid past her to Rian. “You will be responsible for them. Make sure they’re secure.”
    “Daray, take the Knights to the dungeons and lock them in separate cells,” Rian said.
    Daray nodded, disappearing with Stanley.
    “You won’t get away with this,” Wayne warned. “You will pay for everything you’ve done.”
    “Shut up,” the other man said.
    “You shut up,” Wayne snarled. “It wasn’t you who lost a sister.”
    Before the man could reply, Daray returned, taking him into the Void.
    “I don’t see how you think you can make us pay,” Amber said. “I’m