Eve of Chaos: A novel of the Paramortals (Destiny Paramortals Book 3)
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I couldn’t explain why I wasn’t scared but every time I observed Conor’s dragon form I felt… I felt envious. Besides Flambé was a knight and he seemed to be testing me. Maybe Conor recognized a fellow warrior with a love of flying and understood my appreciation of his abilities.
“Jack! What the hell was that? Ryan scrambled to his feet and stared as Conor soared back into the sky and aimed for the rest of the flock. “It… nah,” Ryan put the back of his hand to his forehead. “I must be hallucinating. Damned if that…”
A laugh burst out before I could contain it. Ryan might as well experience a bit of the giant reality slope I’d had to climb if he was going to adjust quickly.
“Ah, shit. You’re just standing there like we didn’t just see a big ass fire-breathing dragon swoop down out of the sky and…”
“Well what did you think you were aiming at, Big Black Bird?”
His shoulders dropped and he stared at me. “Jack, there’s no such thing as dragons.” This was met by a roar from the sky and a belch of flame so large it reflected on the water below as Conor took out twenty of the demons at once.
“A month ago, I would have said the same, Ryan. And that went for Faeries, and Dinnshenchas, and vampires, genies, and weather witches.”
Ryan’s mouth was open as he absorbed my meaning. Clamping it shut he rammed his hand through his hair. He was completely missing the show in the sky above him. I watched and Ryan said, “What are… you telling me there’s… I mean, did you say…vampires?”
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