Page 81 of Dragon Mine (Dragon Kings 2)
Vaughn met Varek’s dark eyes. “Brandr and his generals are looking for whoever did this. Once Con saw Eurwen here, he went after Brandr as backup. We need to know if your people are also getting attacked.”
“Or if they’re doing it,” Jeyra surmised with a nod. “I’d want to know the same. All right. I’ll do it.”
Varek said, “We’ll do it.”
“Is that wise, Varek? After what happened last time?” Rhi asked.
Jeyra looked at Varek and smiled. “Thankfully, we have an ally in Orgate. Sateen will be able to give us the answers we seek.”
“And I dare any of them to do anything to us,” Varek replied.
Vaughn desperately wanted to go with them, but he didn’t want to leave Eurwen. However, someone who had been at the attacks needed to be there.
“Go,” Rhi told him. “I’ll stay with my daughter.”
Vaughn reluctantly released Eurwen’s hand and got to his feet. “Let’s go. The sooner we get there, the sooner we can get back.”
He took one more look at Eurwen and followed Varek and Jeyra out of the cottage.
“Where are V and Claire?” Varek asked.
Vaughn pointed to Eurwen’s cottage some distance away as they started down the mountain. “It seems Usaeil used her magic to no’ only guarantee that Claire would become pregnant but also make sure the child would never be born. The Dark magic held the baby in Claire’s womb. Somehow Brandr figured it out.”
“Brandr’s mix of Fae and dragon magic seems to have saved the day,” Varek said.
“What of the baby?” Jeyra asked.
Vaughn grinned when he thought of the tiny bundle. “She is doing great. Claire and V are beside themselves with joy.”
“I can no’ believe another dragon–human bairn has been born,” Varek said, awe in his voice.
Jeyra frowned. “Wouldn’t it have been wise to send Claire and the infant back to Earth with all of this going on?”
Before Vaughn could answer, Varek shook his head and said, “There have been instances where evil has attached itself to a bairn to pass undetected. Everyone is just covering all the bases.”
“We need to get to Orgate quickly,” Vaughn said, returning the conversation to the matter at hand.
Jeyra shot him a questioning look. “I’m not sure arriving in your true form is the best idea.”
“We’ll stop at the border,” Varek told her.
Vaughn didn’t wait on them. He shifted and jumped into the air, flying swift and true to the river.
