Page 66 of Training my Human

“Hold on a second,” she muttered, fumbling with her phone. She turned away from me and talked in a low tone. With the crackling fire, I only got bits and pieces.

“…wants proof you have Ms. Smith… we tried that and failed…Okay. Will do.”

Kaitlyn ended her call and faced me. “Malone is going to video call me so you can see Ms. Smith.” She no sooner finished telling me this than her phone rang. She tapped the screen and turned it to face me.

There was my Pip. Bound to a chair, looking very, very angry.

“Abaddon are you okay?” my Pip exclaimed upon seeing me.

“I am fine. Have those miscreants harmed you?”

“Not really, but they’ve taken me prisoner.” Pip grimaced.

A male face interjected itself, filling the screen. “As you can see, we have Ms. Smith in our custody. Should you wish her to remain unharmed, you will surrender yourself immediately.” This Malone person seemed to think he could dictate to me.

Apparently, he’d yet to grasp dragons obeyed no one.

“Don’t do it,” Pip yelled. “Fly away. Far away. Don’t let these fuckers get their hands on you.”

“Shut up!” The camera view might have jostled to show the floor, but I heard the slap as Malone dared to hit my Pip.

Before I could control my emotions, I hollered, “Don’t hurt her!”

A snarling Malone’s face once more took over the screen. “If you want the woman unharmed, then you will immediately turn yourself in. Do you understand?”

“Yes.” I understood very well. I ducked my head. “I’ll be along shortly.”

“Good. Don’t keep me waiting.”

The video call ended.

“Well, that was productive.” Kaitlyn had regained some of her composure and cockiness. “Glad to see you making the right choice.” She tucked the phone away and waved at the open door. “If you’ll come with me. The truck is just outside.”

“You really didn’t do your due diligence on dragons,” I stated, staring at her intently. “We do not surrender, nor do we negotiate.”

“But you just said?—”

“I said I’d be seeing Malone soon. I never claimed I’d be going as your prisoner.”

“I don’t see as you have a choice. You don’t know where Malone has Ms. Smith, not to mention the barn is on fire and the storm is in full swing outside. You need me.”

“That’s where you’re wrong. Because for one, while I don’t enjoy it, I can handle the cold, and second, this fire can’t harm me.” How ridiculous to even think something spewed from my body would.

“If you kill me, you’ll never find Ms. Smith.” A panicked attempt to sway me.

“Do you really think I can’t locate someone bound to me or that I would stand idly by while you abuse someone important to me?”

“I’m not the one who did it.” Kaitlyn began backing away.

“You are aligned with my adversaries, therefore you are my enemy.”

Kaitlyn whirled, thinking she could run.

She couldn’t.

My flames engulfed her and without the helmet, she never had that few extra seconds as it melted to scream.

Good, because I’d heard enough from her.

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