Part 5
Once inside the house, she decided wandering around in human form at the time being was probably a bad idea. She didn't need her cover blown. Security hadn't detected her yet, and the stupid girl Saffron had thought nothing of her.
Not so smart for a dragon, she thought with a sneer... Most doors were closed, and in her animal form, it wasn't much fun trying to get them open. She was just supposed to be keeping an eye on things, there as a back up anyway.
The house itself gave her an uncomfortable feeling of darkness and death. There was a large silver padlock on the basement door, making her curious about what was held down there. When the Circle Midnight witches did their ritual, she guessed she'd find out.
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"So much for a rare species," Jez muttered with a heavy sigh, sitting in the passenger seat of Morgead's car as they headed out on a new task.
"Oh shut up," Poppy snorted. "You've done nothing but complain since we got the task. You should be thrilled."
Jez muttered under her breath again. Adreena herself wondered if 'thrilled' was the right word to feel about this assignment. She had been instant that whatever team Thierry sent. The team that had arrived at Adreena's house were Jez Redfern, half human, half vampire, also Wild Power, her soulmate former bad-boy Morgead Blackthorn, Poppy North, who used to be a human with a lost witch in her family line, and Yelena Arnold, a shapeshifter. Plus there was her. So one Wild Power, two lamia, one made vampire and an eagle shifter up against this new species of dragon and Circle Midnight witches. Thrilled, was *definitely* not a word Adreena was thinking of right now.
"What exactly, are we supposed to be doing again?" Yelena sounded bored, making Adreena wonder what her story was. She'd heard of Jez and Morgead, Poppy was starting to make a name for herself in Circle Daybreak, but she had never heard of Yelena before now.
"We are going to find Adreena's friend Saffron Iria, who is some supposed species of new dragon, or old dragon just woken up or whatever, you think something's going wrong?" Morgead glanced up at the rear-view mirror, catching Adreena's eye.
Adreena nodded. "Uh-huh."
"I thought dragons were supposed to have been put to sleep by the witches like, thirty thousand years ago, or something like that," Yelena pointed out, lazily expecting her nails.
//Where'd you find these people// Adreena found herself saying telepathically to Poppy.
//Thierry finds them, only the ones who are supposed to be the best, so if Thierry added her to the team, she must have something to provide// Poppy answered, careful to make sure she wasn't looking at Adreena.
^I'd like to see her prove it^ Adreena thought. Then again, she had never worked with any of these people before, they had no idea what she was like. She would have to prove herself to them as well.
"She does have a point, how's the Assredeebo or whatever different from a regular dragon?" Jez said, stretching like a cat in her seat.
"Arcobaleno," Adreena corrected. She shrugged minimally, flushing. "I don't really know, just that Saffron isn't like anyone you've ever met before. Thierry says translated, it's supposed to mean Rainbow dragon. I don't think they know any more than we do yet."
"Do the Night World know?" Yelena was looking at Adreena, eyes narrowed suspiciously, making Adreena flush even more.
"Not as far as I'm aware, I only know about Saffron through a friend of mine," she answered defensively.
"What's everyone's problem?" Poppy was insisting, sounding almost irritatingly cheerful. "I think this is exciting, our chance to learn about a new species."
"Yeah," Jez muttered, "one that if pissed off would fry you and eat you for lunch. With a side order of fries and onion rings."
Adreena's eyes rolled at the comment, but decided not to add one of her own. Mainly because part of her seemed to think that Jez was right. They didn't know what they were dealing with really. Probably why her stomach was in knots. The closer they got, the more nervous she was.
* * *
Once inside the house, she decided wandering around in human form at the time being was probably a bad idea. She didn't need her cover blown. Security hadn't detected her yet, and the stupid girl Saffron had thought nothing of her.
Not so smart for a dragon, she thought with a sneer... Most doors were closed, and in her animal form, it wasn't much fun trying to get them open. She was just supposed to be keeping an eye on things, there as a back up anyway.
The house itself gave her an uncomfortable feeling of darkness and death. There was a large silver padlock on the basement door, making her curious about what was held down there. When the Circle Midnight witches did their ritual, she guessed she'd find out.
* * *
"So much for a rare species," Jez muttered with a heavy sigh, sitting in the passenger seat of Morgead's car as they headed out on a new task.
"Oh shut up," Poppy snorted. "You've done nothing but complain since we got the task. You should be thrilled."
Jez muttered under her breath again. Adreena herself wondered if 'thrilled' was the right word to feel about this assignment. She had been instant that whatever team Thierry sent. The team that had arrived at Adreena's house were Jez Redfern, half human, half vampire, also Wild Power, her soulmate former bad-boy Morgead Blackthorn, Poppy North, who used to be a human with a lost witch in her family line, and Yelena Arnold, a shapeshifter. Plus there was her. So one Wild Power, two lamia, one made vampire and an eagle shifter up against this new species of dragon and Circle Midnight witches. Thrilled, was *definitely* not a word Adreena was thinking of right now.
"What exactly, are we supposed to be doing again?" Yelena sounded bored, making Adreena wonder what her story was. She'd heard of Jez and Morgead, Poppy was starting to make a name for herself in Circle Daybreak, but she had never heard of Yelena before now.
"We are going to find Adreena's friend Saffron Iria, who is some supposed species of new dragon, or old dragon just woken up or whatever, you think something's going wrong?" Morgead glanced up at the rear-view mirror, catching Adreena's eye.
Adreena nodded. "Uh-huh."
"I thought dragons were supposed to have been put to sleep by the witches like, thirty thousand years ago, or something like that," Yelena pointed out, lazily expecting her nails.
//Where'd you find these people// Adreena found herself saying telepathically to Poppy.
//Thierry finds them, only the ones who are supposed to be the best, so if Thierry added her to the team, she must have something to provide// Poppy answered, careful to make sure she wasn't looking at Adreena.
^I'd like to see her prove it^ Adreena thought. Then again, she had never worked with any of these people before, they had no idea what she was like. She would have to prove herself to them as well.
"She does have a point, how's the Assredeebo or whatever different from a regular dragon?" Jez said, stretching like a cat in her seat.
"Arcobaleno," Adreena corrected. She shrugged minimally, flushing. "I don't really know, just that Saffron isn't like anyone you've ever met before. Thierry says translated, it's supposed to mean Rainbow dragon. I don't think they know any more than we do yet."
"Do the Night World know?" Yelena was looking at Adreena, eyes narrowed suspiciously, making Adreena flush even more.
"Not as far as I'm aware, I only know about Saffron through a friend of mine," she answered defensively.
"What's everyone's problem?" Poppy was insisting, sounding almost irritatingly cheerful. "I think this is exciting, our chance to learn about a new species."
"Yeah," Jez muttered, "one that if pissed off would fry you and eat you for lunch. With a side order of fries and onion rings."
Adreena's eyes rolled at the comment, but decided not to add one of her own. Mainly because part of her seemed to think that Jez was right. They didn't know what they were dealing with really. Probably why her stomach was in knots. The closer they got, the more nervous she was.
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