Was Ronan right? Would her grandmother kill her if she got the chance? Once she would have said no. Actually, she probably would have said hell no. Now she didn’t have a clue. Giving a curt nod Amber met Ronan’s eyes. “Take her to her husband.” It hurt to speak the words in the emotionless tone she used, but not as much as the thought that her grandmother might want to kill her.
Ronan returned her nod with an equally curt one, grabbing Helen from Kade and disappearing into the Void.
Amber didn’t care if Golds were watching her from the Void, her legs couldn’t hold her up anymore. She dropped onto the ground, her hands covering her face as she tried to figure out what she’d done.
Kade wrapped his arms around her, lifting her up. “I’ll take you home.”
Pulling her hands from her face, she stared up at him. “I can’t face another lecture from my mum.”
“You won’t have to. I can take us straight to my room.”
“How about the bathroom? I can’t sleep coated in blood, sweat and dirt.”
“No. I can’t manage that yet. You’ll have to shower here.” Kade took them to her balcony through the Void.
Once Amber had showered and changed into fresh dragon-leather clothes, he took her to his room where she collapsed on the bed, falling instantly asleep.
Chapter Thirteen
Standing at the bathroom sink in Kade’s house, Amber filled another bracelet with her power. She’d filled three before school and now she’d filled another two. It wasn’t enough. There were still eight that were empty, but she didn’t want to exhaust herself. Especially not before she saw her grandmother. Who knew what she’d face.
There was a knock on the bathroom door. “Gary sent me a text to say your mother has finished packing a bag for your grandmother and they’re on their way back. If you still want to leave before she returns and realises you’re not taking her to see her parents, we better go now.”
Sliding the bracelet on, Amber opened the bathroom door and stared at Kade. She really didn’t want to take him anywhere near her grandparents. That just didn’t seem like a good idea. But she doubted he’d be willing to stay away. “Okay, let’s get out of here before I get my second lecture for the day.” She’d been greeted with one over breakfast since she’d slept through the opportunity last night. Pulling out her phone, she turned it off so she didn’t get any irate calls from her mother while she was with her grandparents, then slid it into her pocket. Her mother would ring the moment she found out the bag she’d packed would be collected by one of Ronan’s Golds and she wouldn’t get to see her parents, particularly her father.
Chuckling, Kade wrapped an arm around her, taking her to Ronan’s place through the Void. He was there to meet them.
Amber stepped away from Kade. “How are they?”
“Alive.”
She rolled her eyes at Ronan’s answer. “You haven’t messed with their heads, have you?”
“Not yet.”
“Then don’t. I wouldn’t want them broken.” She walked beside Ronan, Kade following.
“Then maybe you should see what information you can get out of them,” Ronan said.
“Don’t mess with them. I was the one who gave up Topaz for him and Grandma is mine.”
“Until she attacks you with a blade.”
Amber had no reply so she fell silent, thankful when they reached the room her grandparents were kept in.
Ronan swung the door open, stepping in first, his gaze taking in the room before he stepped to the side and let Amber enter. “As I said.” He gestured towards the elderly couple sitting on the edge of the large timber bed. “Both alive.”
They rose to their feet, Helen coming forward as far as her chain allowed her. “Have you told Donna what you’ve done?”
“I told her you’re staying with your husband.”
“Did you tell her you had me imprisoned? That her father is still imprisoned. Traitor!”
“Stop calling me a traitor,” Amber
Ronan returned her nod with an equally curt one, grabbing Helen from Kade and disappearing into the Void.
Amber didn’t care if Golds were watching her from the Void, her legs couldn’t hold her up anymore. She dropped onto the ground, her hands covering her face as she tried to figure out what she’d done.
Kade wrapped his arms around her, lifting her up. “I’ll take you home.”
Pulling her hands from her face, she stared up at him. “I can’t face another lecture from my mum.”
“You won’t have to. I can take us straight to my room.”
“How about the bathroom? I can’t sleep coated in blood, sweat and dirt.”
“No. I can’t manage that yet. You’ll have to shower here.” Kade took them to her balcony through the Void.
Once Amber had showered and changed into fresh dragon-leather clothes, he took her to his room where she collapsed on the bed, falling instantly asleep.
Chapter Thirteen
Standing at the bathroom sink in Kade’s house, Amber filled another bracelet with her power. She’d filled three before school and now she’d filled another two. It wasn’t enough. There were still eight that were empty, but she didn’t want to exhaust herself. Especially not before she saw her grandmother. Who knew what she’d face.
There was a knock on the bathroom door. “Gary sent me a text to say your mother has finished packing a bag for your grandmother and they’re on their way back. If you still want to leave before she returns and realises you’re not taking her to see her parents, we better go now.”
Sliding the bracelet on, Amber opened the bathroom door and stared at Kade. She really didn’t want to take him anywhere near her grandparents. That just didn’t seem like a good idea. But she doubted he’d be willing to stay away. “Okay, let’s get out of here before I get my second lecture for the day.” She’d been greeted with one over breakfast since she’d slept through the opportunity last night. Pulling out her phone, she turned it off so she didn’t get any irate calls from her mother while she was with her grandparents, then slid it into her pocket. Her mother would ring the moment she found out the bag she’d packed would be collected by one of Ronan’s Golds and she wouldn’t get to see her parents, particularly her father.
Chuckling, Kade wrapped an arm around her, taking her to Ronan’s place through the Void. He was there to meet them.
Amber stepped away from Kade. “How are they?”
“Alive.”
She rolled her eyes at Ronan’s answer. “You haven’t messed with their heads, have you?”
“Not yet.”
“Then don’t. I wouldn’t want them broken.” She walked beside Ronan, Kade following.
“Then maybe you should see what information you can get out of them,” Ronan said.
“Don’t mess with them. I was the one who gave up Topaz for him and Grandma is mine.”
“Until she attacks you with a blade.”
Amber had no reply so she fell silent, thankful when they reached the room her grandparents were kept in.
Ronan swung the door open, stepping in first, his gaze taking in the room before he stepped to the side and let Amber enter. “As I said.” He gestured towards the elderly couple sitting on the edge of the large timber bed. “Both alive.”
They rose to their feet, Helen coming forward as far as her chain allowed her. “Have you told Donna what you’ve done?”
“I told her you’re staying with your husband.”
“Did you tell her you had me imprisoned? That her father is still imprisoned. Traitor!”
“Stop calling me a traitor,” Amber
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