Page 33 of Cage Me

“Like Alice?”

“Who is Alice?”

She kneed Jett in the chest again and he did drop her this time. “Dammit, Fallyn. These people are trying to save your crazy ass. Quit fighting us.”

Fallyn stood, hissed at the demon dragons who’d gotten a little too close for comfort and glared at them with her fire eyes. They backed off.

Smoke billowed up behind them and they advanced again. Flames liked along the wall, announcing their enemy’s arrival

The Black Dragon stomped around the corner, swishing his tail back and forth, obliterating the walls. Demon Dragons jumped out of his way, opening the path directly to their band of not so merry men.

Okay. Awesome. Now what? “How do we go through the mirror?”

“She’s not going to help you. Say your prayers kids. We’re all about to die in a blaze of glory.” Jett shifted into his dragon form and spewed fire at the Black Dragon.

Fallyn rolled her eyes, not the least bit afraid or bothered by anything. She grabbed Azy’s hand that held the mirror.

“Where’s your secret mirror?”

“You’re holding it.”

“The one you contacted your warrior with,” Fallyn glared at Cage, “his reflection.”

She’d seen Cage twice in a mirror. The Christmas ornament and in the droplet of water in her hideout. “The reflection in the water droplet?”

The image of her little cave appeared in the mirror.

“Yes.” Fallyn yanked Cage’s sword away from him. He lunged for it, clasping the hilt just below hers. He wasn’t fast enough to stop Fallyn from thrusting it toward Jett’s big scaly ass. The tip pierced him between two of the scales and he roared out.

One second his dragon’s fire filled the tunnel, the next he was gone in a puff of mist. His roar could still be heard, but it was muffled, and coming from inside the mirror.

“Holy shit. He went through the mirror,” Cage said.

Fallyn released both of them and clapped her hands. “Ha ha ha. Me next.”

She pointed the tip of Cage’s sword at her chest, stuck her tongue out the demon dragons and stepped forward into the blade.

Poof.

“Ow. Get off me.”

“Mermaid, this place is too small. You should find a bigger cave to hide in.”

Jett and Fallyn’s muffled arguing came through the mirror. God, she was right. Azy barely felt comfortable in that little hole in the rock, all four of them were going to crush each other.

“Bring her back or I will hunt you to the ends of the universe and make you pay.” The Black Dragon roared into their heads.

“Time to go. Ladies, first.” Cage grabbed her hand and pointed the tip of the sword toward her palm.

“Wait, no. We go together.”

Cage nodded. “Better together.”

He boosted her in his arm letting her tail dangle, kissed her hard and fast, and sliced the blade across their shoulders at the same time.

The world went wonky and wet like they were doing cartwheels through one of those mist spraying machines at a theme park on a hot day in the middle of summer.

In the next second they were slamming their backs against the dirt and stone in her hidden cave. Rocks tumbled down all around them, piling on top of what looked like a landslide over the tiny crack she usually slipped through to get in and out.

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