Part 14

Playing games with dragons was totally insane. At least in Ross's opinion. He couldn't believe it when he'd heard Nia's plan. Who in the right *minds* would agree something so foolish.

"We've got a volunteer," Zelda said cheerfully.

"They took someone out a psycho ward?" Ross snorted. He couldn't believe that Circle Daybreak had approved of the plan.

"Lighten up, already!" Enya snapped at him. "If you have a better plan on how to wake the dragon, then please, feel free to take over."

Ross scowled. Was he more annoyed about the craziness of the plan, or was he upset, but the fact that he didn't think of the plan himself. He didn't have any better ideas. Personally, he wasn't even sure it was a dragon they were dealing with.

"Who's signing their death warrant then?" he asked.

"Ash Redfern and a buddy of his," Zelda answered.

Oh no. If things couldn't get any worse. Ash Redfern was an arrogant snob. He was supposed to have changed dramatically over the discovery of his human soulmate. Ross refused to believe it until he saw it.
"Can you put away past issues enough to deal with this?" Enya asked him softly.

"That's easy for you to say," he snapped. 'Past issues'. That was all it was to them. It may have been over two years ago but the memory was still clear in Ross's mind. Just because Ash was a Redfern he thought he could get away with anything.

"How come you don't like Ash?" Zelda asked.

"I don't want to talk about it," Ross snapped. Then he brightened slightly.

Ash was foolish enough to volunteer to be in Nia's ridiculous plan to wake the dragon. The whole thing was suicidal. All of a sudden Nia's plan didn't sound as insane as when he'd first heard it.

"Providing he stays away from me," he said, trying not to sound too smug.

He noticed Enya and Zelda exchanging glances. The last time Daybreak Redferns had been in town it had resulted in a full scale war between them and the Night Worlders.

They couldn't have any obvious Night World surnames that would give them away. If someone heard Ash was in town...

"Did any of you guys think what might happen if *they* discover a Daybreak Redfern in town?" he asked, voicing his thoughts.

Silence. Obviously they hadn't. Ross's eyes rolled. Just great. He was more than happy to see Ash be killed, but a war wasn't his idea of fun.

"We can trust Rylan," Enya said unexpectedly. "We can ask him if *they* know Ash has changed. Not everyone does."

Ross wasn't too sure on that one. But then again, he knew Rylan had a soft spot for their supposed dragon.

"What makes you think *he* can be trusted," Zelda asked.

"I just know," Enya said simply. "I'll make the contact."

Zelda and Ross exchanged glances. What *wasn't* Enya saying?

"I guess we don't have a choice," he said finally.

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