Mated to Dragons novel

---- My eyes snapped to the girl holding out a towel towards me. I took it from her absentmindedly as my eyes scanned over the crowd again. Xavier informed me that Angel had reported for duty this morning. "Where is Angel?" I asked her before she could slip away. She frowned . "I haven't seen her all morning, Sire. Let me ask Margret." I gave her a stiff nod. My eyes stayed locked on her as she moved through the crowd.

I should have talked to her before I left but was called away when another portal was discovered a few meters into town. After everything was handled with the portal, I went for a walk to the creek, hoping to run into Angel there, but with no luck. Margret's eyes darted to him and then lowered to the ground as she explained something while making wild gestures with her hands. Whatever was being said made his stomach fill with dread. The girl hurried back over to me.

---- "They locked her in the shed as punishment , Sire," she breathed. "They forgot to about her." Fuck! Ihurried back outside. There were four sheds on royal ground. Guards usually used them in case unexpected storms broke out without enough warning for them to get to safety. If Angel was stuck inside one of them in this weather... Ihated to think what might happen to her. "Where are you going?" Ahand gripped my arm and spun me around. I blinked at Mason and then growled at him.

"You should have informed Angel not to report for duty!" I yelled. "T was busy taking care of the things you assigned me!" "Did you not see her last night?" "What the hell is your problem?" Mason growled. Gripping the front of his shirt, I jerked him closer and growled in his throat. "Angel is in one of the sheds. They locked her in it as punishment because she fucked something up, and then forgot about her!" ---- The color drained from his face.

"I'll call Nate." I pushed him away and hurried off. The first shed was empty. "Angel!" I called when I neared the second shed. There was no reply. I pushed the hair out of my face and blinked the water droplets away. The wind was starting to pick up, making the trees sway dangerously. A loud crack filled the air, and I watched in horror as one of the trees was uprooted. It fell right onto the shed. "Lucas?" I span around and narrowed my eyes at the approaching figure.

"Did you find her?" Xavier questioned. "No." Iran a hand through my wet hair. "Any word from my brothers?" Xavier shook his head. "They searched the other sheds, she's not in them." I growled. "Margret said that they locked her in the shed." "T know, I asked around." Xavier pointed. " Remember that old shack we fixed up when we were kids?" ---- "Tt's too far into the forest," I told him.

"Not if it's used as punishment." I stared at him silently for a few seconds before I took off in the direction he pointed in. "T told the others to meet us there." Please don't let anything happen to her, I begged. We only just found her; we couldn't lose her. My heart dropped to my stomach and my footsteps slowed. I came to a complete stop and stared at what was left of the shack. A tree had fallen on top of the roof, causing half of the shack to collapse.

"Angel!" Mason called as he approached from the other side with Nate right behind him. I stopped him before he could enter the building. If she was in there, we needed to work carefully to get her out, so the rest of the building didn't collapse on top of her. We couldn't risk removing the tree first. "The storm is getting worse, we need to move," Xavier muttered. "Be careful," I ordered as I moved forward.