Page 15 of Her Fierce Dragon
She opened her eyes and smiled at him.
“Yes.”
Feno flew higher,heading toward a mountainous region to try to figure out which mountain or hill Delia could be hidden in.
Sunny had discovered there was a pack of rogues that had moved into Westwend recently. It wasn’t known if they would be staying to join the local packs. Feno would have to make contact with the local packs to see if they’d spoken with the rogues. Wolves could be territorial when it came to rogues moving in on their land.
The clouds parted as his dragon pushed on.
“Where the hell have you been?”Vander scoffed at him through their telepathic link.
He hadn’t spoken to his brother over the past few days since he’d met Willow. He would have to introduce her to the family.
Yesterday at the lake had been earth-shattering for him. Now he understood why his brother was so protective over Faye. Vander had come close to losing Faye when an evil dragon named Gamair had gone after her. He had kidnapped Faye from Vander’s castle. Feno and Jodos had immediately helped hunt Gamair down and destroyed the black dragon.
“I’ve got a lot going on. I’ll have to explain later.”He didn’t even know how to tell his brother that he had found his mate.
“Does it have something to do with the woman who was with you when Winston picked you up the other night?”
What the hell? Why would Winston go blabbing to Vander about him picking up a woman? Well, he guessed this was his way to share with his brother that he had found his mate.
“Winston needs to mind his own damn business,”he muttered.
“Don’t go blaming him. You never take a woman back to your condo. She has to be special,”Vander said.
Feno’s keen shifter eyes took in the mountains but didn’t see anything. He decided to get a little closer so he could ensure that the mountain was empty.
“Willow’s my mate,” he admitted and coasted near the land.
“Mate? You’ve found your mate and you didn’t think to tell anyone?” Vander’s voice held a hint of hurt to it.
“Don’t be such a pansy.”Feno snorted.“She’s the granddaughter of Delia.”
“The high priestess?”Vander whistled. “Isn’t her coven trying to banish the granddaughter?”
Feno growled at the mention of her banishment. He dipped down farther, taking in the land, but only wild animals ran to hide at the presence of his beast cutting through the sky. He pulled back up, determining that the region was free of rogues.
“Willow’s innocent. Someone’s framing her.”
“You’re trying to help her find Delia?”Vander asked quietly.
“Yeah.”
“What do you need me to do?”Vander asked without hesitation.
“Contact the alpha of the Red Fang Pack. See if they got word of rogues moving in. From what we can find out, Delia was taken by rogues who are here in Westwend.”
“Got it,”Vander replied.“And Feno? Congratulations, brother. I can’t wait to meet Willow.”
His dragon was anxious to get back to Willow. She’d been sleeping this morning when he had left the house. She’d been drained of her energy and needed to rest. He had left her a note that he would return soon. He picked up speed and turned toward his condo in town. It was time to take her to his castle, his real home. The one that he had spent most of his life preparing for the day he would meet his mate.
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Willow opened her eyes and sensed the bed beside her was empty. She rolled onto her side to look where Feno had slept. She ran her hand across the sheets and found them cold.
“Feno?” she called out.
Nothing.
