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

my locker. He whispers, “Are you ready

whisper, “About that…umm…Clint is taking

before he shrugged and walked away. I feel terrible now. I

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

will be. As I made my way into the parking

made sure that she couldn’t see me, I got into the

blue sports

of place. I did in Conner’s dark red BMW but not as much as

Ferrari. When dragons venture into the human world, they only

no exception. Every year, they buy the newest models

precious metal mines, so they either use their stock dividends

use it to pay

are driving, Clint turns on the radio. “What music do you

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

like, hit this button,” he says

longest that I have ever spent time around them. I know everything about The Trio, yet I

know them

imagined that

the undead

think that