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Back The Last Dragon
Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  13. - ELEVEN -
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  15. - THIRTEEN -
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  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
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  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“Shush,” she said. “I’m not leaving… until I’ve done my part.” She swayed for a moment, only to catch herself. “But maybe let’s go quick.”

Through their connection, Fort could feel that all her fear at what had just happened had been replaced, if temporarily, by determination. He knew that arguing would just prolong things. Silently he led her out of the office, glancing outside quickly to see what the halls looked like after all the commotion inside.

As Fort figured, there were guards everywhere. The first soldiers to see them quickly ran to help Sierra, but she shook her head. “Colonel Charles needs you more than I do,” she said as Dr. Opps. “That amazingly smart mind-reader girl got to him. She was in this boy’s head too, but he doesn’t remember anything, so I’m taking him back to his room.”

“Shouldn’t we sound the alarm?” one soldier asked. “Lock down the facility and alert Agent Cole?”

“It’s too late,” Sierra told him. “The girl’s already gone. She’s just way too clever to be caught. I have no idea what to do about her, really. What is there to do when—”

Fort elbowed her to wrap it up.

“But I’m rambling. Now go, the colonel needs you!” Sierra shouted, waving the soldier back toward Colonel Charles’s office. “Go, go, go!”

Still, getting from the office to the elevator felt like a marathon. Every few feet, Sierra would have to stop and lean against the wall for support, and even the guards who she sent back to help Colonel Charles would stop and look back, not quite sure if she was okay.

By the time they reached the elevator, Fort was ready to just take the duffel bag and run, no matter what kind of trouble they got in. DON’T YOU DARE, Sierra said in his head, glaring at him through Dr. Opps’s eyes. WE STILL HAVE… TO FINISH THIS. RACHEL THINKS SHE’S… GOING TO BURN THE BOOKS… REMEMBER? AND I HAVE TO… CONVINCE HER SHE DID.

She was making sure she did her part to fulfill Fort’s lie to his friends, after almost getting caught by Colonel Charles, and whatever that surge of magical power had been.

So much for keeping his friends out of danger. And Sierra had already suffered so much—

OH, STOP IT, she said, but Fort saw a blush rising on Dr. Opps’s cheeks.

Once they made it back up two floors, where the cameras hadn’t been installed yet, Fort grabbed the bag from Sierra and gave her his shoulder again, which she thankfully accepted this time. They slowly made their way to the kitchen where Rachel was waiting, Fort’s guilt rising with every step.