Page 67 of Training my Human

A glance outside showed the storm in full swing. Gross. It would be so nice to stay in the burning barn, but I couldn’t because Pip needed me.

I’m coming Pip.And those who stood in my way would perish.

ChapterTwenty

I regainedconsciousness with a throbbing head and found myself tied to a chair. Not my first time for either, to be honest. However, it should be noted that the dude who thought it would be funny to tie up my drunken ass and stick his dick in my face when I woke ended up needing stitches. The cops, when he called them screaming that I’d tried to amputate his dick with my teeth, showed him little sympathy when they realized what he’d done. Last I heard, Johnny had a gig on Only Fans where he called himself Almost Bobbitt.

But back to my situation: Leo’s betrayal. He was the reason I found myself in this dilemma. My boss had been behind the goons sent to my place. He knew about dragons.

Wanted Abaddon and seemed willing to go to great lengths to steal my Little Fella.

Fuck.

It burned that I’d had no clue, and it annoyed that I’d blithely accepted his invitation to stay in the barn when he was technically responsible for my being homeless. It also pissed me off to no end to realize he’d been watching me this entire time. Spying on my dragon. Plotting to take him captive. What did he plan to do with my Little Fella?

Speaking of the devil, Leo sauntered into his office, a room I’d been inside a few times before, although not as a prisoner.

“Oh, good, you’re awake. When I told Malone to have his crew take you into custody, I didn’t expect them to be so vigorous about it.”

“Vigorous?” I snapped. “They punched me in the head.”

“Which I’ve given them shit for.”

I’d do more than that if I saw those goons again. “Untie me,” I growled, struggling against the zip ties that wouldn’t loosen from around my wrists.

“Not until I know you can be reasonable.”

My brow arched. “That will never happen.”

“I know you’re angry right now?—”

“Angry doesn’t even come close.” Hurt. Disappointed. Murderous…

Leo raked fingers through his hair as he paced. “I’ll admit, things did not play out as planned. I’d hoped by having you nearby that you would introduce me to your dragon, whereupon we could have built a bond and?—"

I cut him off. “Where is Abaddon? What have you done to him?” Before I got knocked out, Leo had said something about sending people to fetch him.

“Before you freak, I don’t plan to hurt him. As we speak, I have a team retrieving him from the barn.” Leo clasped his hands together and rocked on his heels with excitement. “Soon I’ll get to meet him in person.”

“I wouldn’t count on that. Abaddon won’t let himself be captured.”

“There’s nowhere for him to go in this storm, and even if he tried, the tracker we implanted will quickly find him.”

Every word out of his mouth only made things worse. “Abaddon was right. Someone did fuck with him.” My gaze narrowed as I recalled how deeply we’d slumbered. “How did you drug us so we wouldn’t wake during your visits?”

“Not easily. We initially thought of putting the sleeping solution in your food, but given how often he eats, and the fact you don’t always eat the same thing together, we had to come up with a different plan. We had the sprinkler system in the loft drained of water and filled with an odorless sleeping gas. We simply had to activate it remotely and once it took effect, Malone and his team would go in and take measurements and samples.”

“Who’s Malone?”

“Dr. Malone is a renowned cryptozoologist specializing in dragons.”

I snickered. “Wow, he must get mocked at parties.”

“Not in the circles we run in. You see, it’s long been known dragons are real.”

“Known by who?” I retorted.

“TheUšum-galAbarakkum.Which translated is essentially the Dragon Stewards. An ancient sect who used to care for the mighty beasts before they were eradicated.”

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