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Her nostrils flared as she sniffed him. “What happened?”

With the limited vocabulary of Dragon, he didn’t know where to start. “This is not our world. This one has no magic.”

Her tail twitched in anger at the loss or because she didn’t understand? “My mate?”

“He is in the city. He was searching for you when he found me.”

She wriggled as though she wanted to join him but only hissed in pain.

“Be still. You will be free soon.”

She looked at her front leg, which was broken from the strange angle it created. “I am too wounded.”

“The thin skins have a healer with a different kind of magic.” And if the vet didn’t help, they were going to be eaten, which was not a good outcome for anyone. He glanced in the direction that Web and Liam had gone.

Where were they?

CHAPTER29

“Tell the vet to hurry,” Noah said.

“You aren’t coming with us?” Liam asked

“I need to stay here.” Though that wasn’t quite true. Pan didn’t need him; he’d be able to talk to the vet just fine. But he didn’t understand some of the terminology and he didn’t understand how things worked. It wasn’t the language he needed help with, it was everything else.

Web rolled his eyes. “He’s fucking the incubus. Of course he wants to stay with him. By cozying up to the acting Lord of the city, he can feel important.”

“Give it a rest, Web. You were pretty keen to come searching for the dragon. We found a dragon and had dinner with centaurs.” Liam grinned, as if it had been a great adventure.

Web snorted. “We were captured, held prisoner, and pissed on.”

Both could be true. “Their rules are different. And that’s why I’m staying. We’ll get the dragon out of here and be back in town soon enough, and if we aren’t, you know who to talk to.”

Liam hugged him. “I’d tell you to be careful, but I’m not sure if you can in this situation.”

Noah held onto him for a moment longer, not wanting to admit that he was afraid. Dragons were big, and this one was hurt and while it was technically a wild animal, that she talked and helped guard the city meant that she wasn’t really wild. And then there was Pan, who was also wild and unpredictable and dangerous.

And addictive.

Or was that the magic?

Noah patted Liam on the back and stepped away. “I’m glad you came with me. When I get home, I’ll see if I can introduce you to the vampire in the pub.”

Web narrowed his eyes. “So you’re going to be hanging out with them now?”

“Everything changed with the collapse. I’m taking one day at a time and helping where I can. Since there’s plenty of people helping humans, I might as well help the mythologicals.” He glanced over his shoulder. “I should head back… Say a prayer to Pan for me?”

Liam laughed. “Will do. And I’ll light a candle.”

“Yeah. Will you be coming round for the full moon?”

He wanted to. It’s what they’d been doing for the last year. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“No reason.” Web shrugged. “Come on, the sooner we spot the vet, the sooner we can leave.” Web started walking away.

“He’s jealous.”

Noah had figured that out already, but he wasn’t sure what he could do about it. No one was ever jealous of him. Web would be more upset if he learned the only reason Pan had done that was because Noah had magic. For the first time in his life, he had something that people wanted. Needed.