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"Oh my God," Alex breathed "Now it all , and feel fire in your blood This is why you can hear Voices And this must be why Iabartu…" His voice trailed off and he looked at me sadly

"Uh, who’s Iabartu?" Tom asked, brow furrowed

Tears filled ht John had died protectingfor her life because of ht the tears back and felt rage and fire fillback ainst the tiled kitchen wall, spattering it with dark coffee stains and shattering the porcelain An inhuan hitting it against the wall

"No! It can’t bethe wooden fraain, until a s was all that was left in ging rief, anguish and anger

I was part dragon

Chapter Twenty Four

Oncein a ball on the floor, Alex ca ently "You didn’t know and you couldn’t help it" He pulled out another chair frorains of wood, and traced a whorl with er

"I don’t understand" Tom came round the other side of the chair "What does this mean?" He waved the piece of paper at ain, who the hell is Iabartu?"

I took a deep breath and answered "She’s a deod She’s the blue bitch who Alex scryed and who killed John She’s the…thing that sent through the terra for me because she wants my blood"

"But why your blood?" He looked frustrated and his fist tightened on the paper ‘What does this lanced at hihth Draco Wyr She has dragon blood in her veins It’s what er and what fuels the bloodfire It’s also why she can do things that h by her hu specifically for it" He waved the paper in the air "Which your alpha obviously did" Alex looked back at me "You’re still human, Mack Attack It’s only a fraction of you, and it’s not your fault It’s not as if you could control it"

"I should have known," I said dully "You worked out within just a couple of days that I couldn’t be fully huh I realised that the bloodfire was strange, I didn’t try to work out why I had it I just pretended that it was norot John killed"

"But he knew, Mack" Alex’s voice was soft and insistent "He knew and he didn’t tell you"

My eyes blazed and I growled "Are you trying to suggest that it’s his fault that he was killed?"

He sighed and ran a hand through his dirty blond hair "No What I’ to protect you He was your alpha and your guardian, and keeping you safe was his job If he’d thought it was soht it up But he didn’t Reeas when you originally arrived? If he’d had this letter and he knew your mother then he must have made that part up to keep your identity secret even froests that he loved you like a daughter; that it didn’t matter to him that you have the fire of the Draco Wyr in your veins, but it did "

I sank back down in , then why is he dead?"

Nobody answered After a od woman Why does she want your blood?"

Alex answered for me "Draco Wyr haven’t been seen for centuries" I looked at hied at me "You’re not the only one who can do research, Mack Attack Anyway, as I was saying there’s not been sight or sound of theer than even the Fae could remember Not just on this plane but on any plane Most people think they didn’t ever really exist in the first place The stories say, though, that their blood is strong enough to bring down an arinable It depends on how it’s used Even though Mack is only an eighth Wyr, there is still power there"

"And Iabartu must need it to kill and destroy or because she wants to open up a phar but I kneith cold certainty what I needed to do "Toh to hurt the pack if the Brethren find them"

"But it means you’re not human!" He exclai because noe’re not breaking the Way"

He could be really na&iuht I was completely human so whether we did break the Way or not, we had the intention of doing so"

Alex frowned "And the dragon blood is only a fraction of you In essence, Mack Attack, you are still human"

Whatever The point was moot as far as the Brethren were concerned But I looked steadily at Toan still can’t find this out Please, Toently touched the letter quietly saying, "This is the first ti It’s proof that she ht still be alive, still exist sole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>