Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

*Avery**

I know that they said that they wanted a clean slate, but I still don’t trust it. Have they changed how

they treat me? Yes, and they had started before I was tortured and left for dead. “Fine, I will go.” I

didn’t want to sound eager and I didn’t want to not allow him a chance especially since he was the

one who noticed I was missing on Friday night. Plus, it will be nice to have another friend. Trisha is

my only friend here and I can’t be around her in public because of the Hags. What are they going to

do? Come up to Clint and question him. I wonder what he would say?

I used the rest of the class period to finish the date project. Clint offered a few suggestions here and

there, but I got the impression that he had never been on a real date. I haven’t either, but I have read

about plenty in the romance books that I read. I have not had a male friend since Tim. I hope that the

family who adopted him has given him a good life.

“Meet me at my car,” Clint says as the dismissal bell rings. I deposited the finished date on Mrs.

as I exited the

waiting by my locker. He whispers,

“About that…umm…Clint is

he shrugged and walked away. I feel terrible now.

a competition between them because if it does, the only loser

As

from Clint’s car. After I made sure that she couldn’t see me, I

his blue

I did in Conner’s dark red BMW but not as

the human world, they only return with the best

they buy the newest models too. Royal

so they either use their stock dividends

metals to sell. They also use it to

on the radio. “What music do you like?”

“Ummm…I don’t know. I don’t have a radio. I

like, hit this button,” he says

time around them. I know

know them

huh? I imagined that you would

like the undead doesn’t

think that we