Black dragons at the Clearwater High

14. Chapter

Dragon P.O.V

At some point Saphira comes into the room. I'm so engrossed in this book that I only notice she's there when she touches my shoulder. I flinch.

"What's wrong, Dragon?”„Nothing, I just didn't notice you," I answer.„Are you sure there's really nothing wrong? You're hiding something from me.”‚ Saphira asks. I really can't hide anything from her.

"Do you remember Marlon?"„The son of that traitor James? Yes, of course I remember him. What about him?"„He's apparently already having people work for him. First he hired a hitman to kill me and earlier there was a man here who was hired by Marlon to get my necklace." "First James and now Marlon is making life difficult for us.  I'm telling you‚ James wife will join in at some point too,” says Saphira, annoyed.

“No, I don't think so. I took away her magic powers. And she has already fought against me alone and lost. If she works even a little like Marlon, she will scout us out first. And then she will see that there are three of us. If she is smart, she will not attack us. But never mind, that's another topic. What do we want to do now?”

“We could go and visit this Andrew Milling. You have always talked about him, but I have never seen him.”“I have only seen him in his puma form.”“But you have seen him. And I would like to meet him now.”“Okay. Then let's go to him,” I say.

An hour later we are standing in front of a huge gate decorated with gold. Behind it a villa towers up.

Wow, this Andrew Milling really doesn't skimp on anything!

I press the bell at the gate. The huge gate opens. Then we go to the entrance door. But before I can open the door, someone puts their hand around my neck from behind.

This someone is obviously a shifter, because I can feel claws on my neck quite clearly. And people don't have claws, they have fingernails.

My suspicions are confirmed when Rebecca Youngblood hisses in my ear: "What are you doing here, Dragon? As far as I know, you didn't announce your visit for today."

I roll my eyes in annoyance, push Rebecca Youngblood away and turn around. "That, my dear Rebecca, is called a spontaneous visit," I answer kindly. "What do you want here?" asks Rebecca Youngblood, not very kindly. "I just want to visit Andrew."

"I don't believe you. Now tell me what you're planning," answers Rebecca Youngblood.„Very well.  I want to discuss with him how we want to really harm the humans.”, I answer.

“Good.”, says Rebecca Youngblood and I open the front door. Then Saphira and I go into the villa. But suddenly Rebecca Youngblood asks:

“Oh yes, Andrew told me that you also lost someone to the people. Is that true?”“Yes, that’s true.”, I answer.

Fortunately, I’m used to being asked about it. If someone ask me about it once, everything’s fine. But if someone ask me about it again, it gets a bit dangerous. And Rebecca Youngblood was just about to do just that.

“That’s enough.”, says Saphira, as Rebecca Youngblood was about to ask, she closes the front door and we move on.

Suddenly a puma, most likely Andrew Milling, jumps at me from behind. “What are you doing here, Dragon?  Don't you know that it's rude to just walk into other people's houses like that?" he asks me in his thoughts.„Oh yeah? And jumping on other people from behind as a puma isn't rude?" I reply.

„What do you want here, Dragon?”‚ asks Andrew Milling.„I'll tell you if you get off me."‚ I answer.„And what if I don't?"‚ asks Andrew Milling challengingly.„Then I'll kill you.”„Oh really?" Andrew Milling extends his claws.

"GET OFF ME RIGHT NOW, YOU DAMN BEDSIDE RUG." I shout at Andrew Milling. Then I push him away with such enormous force that he crashes into the wall.

Andrew Milling turns into a sporty, muscular and tanned man with grey-blonde hair and yellow eyes.  Saphira draws her dagger and holds it to his neck. I stand up and go to Andrew Milling.

"Is your friend always like this?" asks Andrew Milling with a smile.„Only when someone attacks me.” I answer briefly. Then I give Saphira a quick sign and she puts the dagger back in the holder on her belt.

What do you want here now?” asks Andrew Milling and sits down at the table in this room. I sit down opposite Andrew Milling.

“I want to discuss with you how we want to really harm people.” I answer.„We don’t have to do that much more. You’ve already harmed people by burning down that money factory.”„Yes, but they’ve probably already built a new money factory. We should do something to harm people permanently.”„First we have to get rid of Carag and his friends. They’ll almost certainly try to stop us. These idiots really think people are nice.” says Andrew Milling grimly.

“I think I can manage that. Besides, Kimberley is helping us.” I answer. “Good.”

I get up and Saphira and I go outside.  But just as we are about to go back to Clearwater High, we are stopped by Rebecca Youngblood.

Hey, this woman is starting to get on my nerves!

"Where are you going?", asks Rebecca Youngblood.„It's actually none of your business, but I'm telling you anyway. We want to go back to Clearwater High," I reply. Then I add:„Goodbye, Fleafur."

Rebecca Youngblood immediately stands in front of me. Pretty predictably.„Have a little more respect for me.”‚ she hisses. "Why should I?”„I am the descendant of the Egyptian goddess Bastet and the Sphynx.”„Good for you. And I am the Black Dragon Queen. And unlike you, I don't need any made-up titles of nobility to feel important. Good day." I reply snippily.

Saphira and I go back to Clearwater High.

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