Page 59 of Light Magic

If Levi was here, I would have invited him to take me to my bedroom to take my mind off things, but since he wasn’t …

And that hurt. What the hell? He had left without saying goodbye. Without warning me. I shook my head, pushing those thoughts away. No, I wouldn’t go down that path.

He didn’t owe me anything, much less an explanation for his actions.

If he wanted to leave and never talk to me again, then so be it.

Wound up, I decided to go to the gym and run. That was the only way for me to burn off this pent-up energy.

I started to tell Abbie where I was going when my phone beeped.

I looked at it and gasped.

It was a text from Kaz:

The council agreed. Let’s meet.

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The next morning, Abbie opened a portal to Savannah, Georgia. She crossed it first, then Lacey and I came last. Maggie stood there, watching us with a pout. She had wanted to come, but Kaz had only allowed two of them, and Lacey pulled the longer straw.

We crossed the portal onto a private pier—Kaz had sent a picture of the pier to us—at sunset. We glanced around, but there was only sand and ocean nearby.

And a demon.

Levi stood on the pier, waiting for us.

I frowned at him, surprised and a little irritated. “What are you doing here?”

He flashed me that incorrigible half grin. “Protecting your pretty ass, sweetheart.”

As I suspected, whatever had happened yesterday was forgotten and he was back to his annoyingly charming self.

“I told him where to meet us,” Lacey explained. “He’s strong. If anything happens, we’ll need his help.”

I frowned. Nothing would happen, other than meeting the dragons and getting my magic back. Unless we did something to offend the dragons, and Kaz had no other choice but to attack us.

Which was ridiculous and wouldn’t happen.

I stared at Levi, trying to control my feelings. Right now, I was mad at him, and yet I couldn’t help noticing how good he looked. He wore a black suit, a dark teal shirt with two undone buttons, and no tie. His hair was combed back, showing more of his handsome, dangerous face.

“I know it’s entertaining to stare at me, sweetheart, but don’t we have a meeting to get to?” he asked, still smiling.

By the light, I wanted to punch him.

Suppressing a groan, I let my wings out. Levi took off his suit jacket and his shirt, handed them to his sister, and called on his wings. They were bigger than mine, and bat-like, with talons on the joints and tips.

I pushed off, flapped my wings, and took to the sky. Levi followed me, a few feet behind. We flew low, near the water, in case there were any boats on the ocean.

We followed Kaz’s directions, and sure enough, about ten miles off the coast, we saw a small island. It was round with sparse sand, a rocky shoreline, and little vegetation. If I had to guess, I would say the entire island was about ten acres in area.

In the center of the island were five stone pillars in a circle, and right beside them was Kaz and two other dragon shifters, Evelyn and Ash.

Levi and I landed ten feet from them.

Evelyn smiled at me. “I see you got your wings back.”

I tucked them behind my back. “I did.”

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