Kill It With Magic: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Lillim Callina Chronicles Book 1) Read Online Free Page B

to leave from here so easily. Even if you did get through the doors, you would just be trapped in the swirling winds of the nether.”
    I hated when other people were right, especially when they came to a conclusion I had already decided to ignore. I turned back toward him, lowering my sunglasses so that my golden eyes showed.
    “I don’t really have time for this. I’m trying to stop a dragon.”
    “Why?”
    “Why stop a dragon?” Because I didn’t want any number of bad things to happen? Because I wanted to be the important one instead of Dirge Meilan. Because, maybe, if I could stop this all by myself, people would stop comparing me to my former self.
    “No,” he replied. “Why must you stop it? Do you not think that Warthor has long ago figured out how to deal with drakes? In the past, no Dragon Knight dared travel into the nether because all other drakes would seek to undo him. Yet Warthor has lived here for years, despite being Trius’ Dragon Knight.”
    Everyone knew that the easiest way to get rid of a drake was to kill his Dragon Knight. Doing so would sever the drake’s tie to our world. Then, without a person anchoring him into our world, the drake would eventually have to retreat to the nether. That was how Warthor had defeated the last drake. He had simply killed the other dragon’s knight and claimed this world for Trius. Since that day, Warthor had a giant target painted on his chest, and he had done it on purpose.
    What everyone didn’t know was that Warthor hadn’t become a Dragon Knight for the power. He had deliberately assumed the role of human target to play a game. That was why my former master was meddling in the affairs of dragons. He saw it as a great big game. To him a dragon, even Trius, the drake he had sworn to protect, was nothing more than a chess piece to move around. That was just another reason why I, along with countless others, wouldn’t want to take on Trius. No one wanted to be up against Warthor Ein. That was really saying something if you think about it. No one wanted to attack an ancient, unstoppable drake because they were scared of the human protecting him.
    Unfortunately, I had grown rather fond of living, and thus I was going to have to find Warthor Ein. Not only did I want his help, I also wanted to keep him from doing something crazy. While completing ridiculously insane tasks was something my former master did for fun, that didn’t mean his methods were all kittens and sunshine. I was fairly certain Warthor had a plan. Warthor would have come up with one before he had even become a Dragon Knight. I was equally certain I wouldn’t like his plan. Not one bit.
    I glanced back at Voln and swallowed. The damn vampire had a point. That was something I couldn’t ignore. I didn’t have to do this alone. I could go to my mother for help. I could go crawling back to her and… I stopped for a second and eyed Voln suspiciously.
    “What would you have me do then?” I blurted out, and immediately clamped my hand over my mouth.
    “Good, then we’re in agreement. You will perform this tiny, insignificant task for me, and I will lead you to Joshua.” Voln’s smile reminded me of a crocodile’s, full of wicked intentions and sharp teeth. Just like that he’d tricked me into offering my services. I could probably weasel my way out of it if I went to the Dioscuri, but dealing with my mother would be more trouble than it was worth.
    Of course, the backlash from reneging on a promise to a vampire founder would probably start to chip away at my soul. Promises, after all, had to be paid, one way or another, and when they were broken, they took small parts of your soul away with them. Even though there was a drake on the loose, I couldn’t go after it now. I’d promised a caste founder a favor. I would have to at least attempt to fulfill it before I could do anything else. That drake was going to have to wait.
    “Goddammit!” I cursed and wondered if I could glare the