Sold To The Dragons (A BBW Paranormal Romance Book 1) by Amira Rain, Simply Shifters Page A
Authors: Amira Rain, Simply Shifters
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brief conversation about how this invisibility gift might be used in a rescue, and based on what was said, something just tells me that Blake, Steven, and the council members are going to decide later today that Alec is to be front and center in the mission to free Tom.
“I think Blake, Steven, and at least several hundred of their father's strongest shifters will storm Dimwood and engage their shifters in a fight. While this is going on, Alec will make himself invisible and slip into a place they call The Gray Tower, which is a tall, concrete-and-steel structure maybe ten stories high, and it's where Cain, The Destroyers' new leader, lives.
“It's their Ashcrest Castle, I suppose, though not nearly as beautiful, I've been told. Ugly, even, it's been described to me."
With a faint smile playing around the corners of her mouth, Marielle paused, watching Ava do an impressive forward roll-into-cartwheel combination, before turning her gaze back to me.
"But back to Alec's role, or what I think his role will be, he'll become invisible and slip into The Gray Tower, where Blake, Steven, and the council think Tom is likely being held. They know from previous hostages that have been taken that The Gray Tower is the only structure in Dimwood reinforced with enough steel to contain a shifter in dragon form.
“The basement floor is said to have walls, floor, and ceiling all made of steel several feet thick, and that's almost sure to be where Tom's being held. He's a strong shifter, even though he's getting on in years, and held anywhere else, he could probably break free."
"But won't this basement prison place be locked or something? And if so, how will Alec get Tom released?"
"Well, from what other former hostages have reported, the door is only locked from the outside, and just with a bolt, not a key. And as long as this is still the case, it should be no problem for Alec to slip past any guards, release Tom, and then the two of them can fight their way out of the tower. And then, they will rejoin the other shifters on our side, and all fly away from Dimwood."
"But what if The Destroyers chase them?"
"If they do, then they're in for a fight. But it doesn't seem likely they will. They'll hopefully be taken off-guard by all this, and they're not going to want to get too close to our city, here, where the rest of our shifters will be, outnumbering them by about a thousand.
“Alec's guess, and my guess, is that at this point, they might not want a full war. They at least might want to regroup a bit. They only wanted Tom in the first place because they wanted you, and for some reason, they seemed to think that Blake and Steven wouldn't think anything about handing you over in exchange for their father. How wrong they were about that."
Reflecting on all the new developments and possible plans, I turned my focus to Ava playing in the grass and watched her for a few moments before turning back to Marielle.
"This is all so wonderful about Alec’s new gift, and how he might be able to easily free Tom. And now I'm really glad Blake and Steven didn't agree to let me try to free Tom myself. In fact, I really feel like a complete ass, frankly, because I can see that my plan probably wouldn't have succeeded. And by probably , I guess I mean most definitely . I guess it was kind of half-baked."
Green eyes twinkling, Marielle cocked an arched blonde brow at me. "Kind of?"
I cracked a smile. "Okay. Completely half-baked. Probably pretty silly, and it probably would have just led to more complication and problems, like Blake and Steven told me numerous times. I guess wanting to play the hero just overrode my common sense."
Marielle smiled in return. "I more than understand. And although I'm pretty content in my life most of the time, and I really don't have many regrets, I can relate on some level to wanting to do something really gutsy and great. Or, maybe, in my case, it's less
“I think Blake, Steven, and at least several hundred of their father's strongest shifters will storm Dimwood and engage their shifters in a fight. While this is going on, Alec will make himself invisible and slip into a place they call The Gray Tower, which is a tall, concrete-and-steel structure maybe ten stories high, and it's where Cain, The Destroyers' new leader, lives.
“It's their Ashcrest Castle, I suppose, though not nearly as beautiful, I've been told. Ugly, even, it's been described to me."
With a faint smile playing around the corners of her mouth, Marielle paused, watching Ava do an impressive forward roll-into-cartwheel combination, before turning her gaze back to me.
"But back to Alec's role, or what I think his role will be, he'll become invisible and slip into The Gray Tower, where Blake, Steven, and the council think Tom is likely being held. They know from previous hostages that have been taken that The Gray Tower is the only structure in Dimwood reinforced with enough steel to contain a shifter in dragon form.
“The basement floor is said to have walls, floor, and ceiling all made of steel several feet thick, and that's almost sure to be where Tom's being held. He's a strong shifter, even though he's getting on in years, and held anywhere else, he could probably break free."
"But won't this basement prison place be locked or something? And if so, how will Alec get Tom released?"
"Well, from what other former hostages have reported, the door is only locked from the outside, and just with a bolt, not a key. And as long as this is still the case, it should be no problem for Alec to slip past any guards, release Tom, and then the two of them can fight their way out of the tower. And then, they will rejoin the other shifters on our side, and all fly away from Dimwood."
"But what if The Destroyers chase them?"
"If they do, then they're in for a fight. But it doesn't seem likely they will. They'll hopefully be taken off-guard by all this, and they're not going to want to get too close to our city, here, where the rest of our shifters will be, outnumbering them by about a thousand.
“Alec's guess, and my guess, is that at this point, they might not want a full war. They at least might want to regroup a bit. They only wanted Tom in the first place because they wanted you, and for some reason, they seemed to think that Blake and Steven wouldn't think anything about handing you over in exchange for their father. How wrong they were about that."
Reflecting on all the new developments and possible plans, I turned my focus to Ava playing in the grass and watched her for a few moments before turning back to Marielle.
"This is all so wonderful about Alec’s new gift, and how he might be able to easily free Tom. And now I'm really glad Blake and Steven didn't agree to let me try to free Tom myself. In fact, I really feel like a complete ass, frankly, because I can see that my plan probably wouldn't have succeeded. And by probably , I guess I mean most definitely . I guess it was kind of half-baked."
Green eyes twinkling, Marielle cocked an arched blonde brow at me. "Kind of?"
I cracked a smile. "Okay. Completely half-baked. Probably pretty silly, and it probably would have just led to more complication and problems, like Blake and Steven told me numerous times. I guess wanting to play the hero just overrode my common sense."
Marielle smiled in return. "I more than understand. And although I'm pretty content in my life most of the time, and I really don't have many regrets, I can relate on some level to wanting to do something really gutsy and great. Or, maybe, in my case, it's less
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