Brothers - Dexter's Pack - George (Book Five)(10)
“I don’t wanna know what the damn prize is…” Dexter growled again.
“Actually, it’s me, and Vicky, and we’re driving on to your land as we speak.” Connor offered back.
“I’m thrilled…”
“See, I knew you loved me…” Connor said, and then disconnected the call before the alpha could growl at him again.
Dexter yanked the phone from his ear and snarled at it.
“I hate that damn vampire…” he growled out. Before he entered a text message into his phone and sent it to everyone in his phone book.
It was easier that way. He didn’t have to speak to people.
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“Oh, look, it’s the cursed one…” Connor announced as he kept Vicky to his back and stalked towards Landon, George, and the witch that he assumed was George’s mate and the harbinger of doom.
He could hear Dexter stalking towards them from behind him. The alpha was grumbling, growling, and generally muttering to himself, and it amused Connor, even with what they were facing…
“Vampire…” George growled.
His wolf didn’t much like having the bloodsucker around, especially not as he’d found his mate…
“Vampire, again – I have a name…” Connor sighed.
“Connor – vampire – six hundred and …” Zana started, but the vampire waved it away.
“Can we not?” He grimaced. “George’s mate.”
“Zana…” George said.
“That’s twice, third times a charm,” Zana offered back to her mate and the man scowled at her. “Bat boy…”
He grunted.
“Bat boy?” Connor frowned.
“You had to be here…” Landon said, chuckling.
“So, we have a curse, we have a true alpha – I take it that’s him…” Connor motioned towards George…
“He’s wolf has red eyes…” Landon said.
“All we need is a dragon…” Connor couldn’t help but look up, just in case…
“Missing something?” Landon asked, amused.
“I hear dragon crap is hard to get out of clothing,” Connor tossed back.
“Are you people not going to take this seriously?” Zana demanded.
“Oh, I think a little humour never ruined anyone’s day – unlike a big splat or dragon poop,” Connor said.
“Connor!” Vicky’s warning tone made him sigh.
“Fine. This is my serious face…” he twisted his features and got a sting in the backside from his mate’s magic. “Fine.” He grumbled. “Young people – noooo sense of humour.”
“Let’s talk curses…” Vicky said and Landon snorted.
“Good luck, been trying that for a while,” he offered as he folded his arms across his broad chest and eyed the newcomer.
“Fine…”
Zana reached into her back pocket and yanked out a piece of paper. Hardly an old scroll, but Connor was intrigued to see if it was the one that the book of shadows had offered up.
“One twin dies and ye dragon awakes – fight to the death shall realise his fate – blood on the land, darkness above – none be spared but a one true love…” Zana said.
“I don’t like that one…” Landon said.
“That’s not what we have…” Connor said, frowning in consideration, and he turned towards Vicky who offered up the book to him.
“There are subtle word differences – meanings – who transcribed your version?” He asked.
“The watchers…” Zana offered back.
“They are looking at it in the context of now. I’m reading it as I would have been from the old Latin…” Connor said.
“The difference?” Zana asked – her mind whirled with the thought of new information.
Had the watchers messed up or was the vampire wrong?
“You say; fight to the death to realise his fate – I say release. You say; no one be spared but a one true love – I say without a one true love…” Connor considered his own interpretation of the text…
Could he have been wrong?
“Release – realise his fate – but – without a mate,” Landon growled. “There’s still a damn dragon coming either way.”
“True, but it twists the meaning and could provide a clue as to how to defeat the curse…” Connor said.
“The curse is triggered – the bear is right – the dragon is already on its way…” she shrugged. “Which is why we need to…”
“Get everyone to the damn castle,” Connor said.
“There’s a castle?” Zana liked the sound of that.
“My castle?” Vicky eyed her mate.
“Oh, yes, love – your castle.” Connor grinned.
CHAPTER NINE
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“Nice castle. Strong walls, good battlements…” Zana said as she stood up on the roof and eyed the sky all around them.
Inside two wolf packs and a bear clan were preparing for something that they’d never known before. The arrival of a dragon – it didn’t bare thinking about, and yet, it was all that was on anyone’s mind.