A wave of icy dread washed over me as I regarded the metal fragments on the ground. The switch must have happened sometime between when we disembarked the Angelica and before our arrival at the Investigation and Security Bureau. My breath caught in my throat as I thought about Renia, the cunning dragon egg thief and vital witness who vanished into thin air. There was no telling where she was now or if she was even still alive.
“Miu,” I breathed, summoning the child to my side in an instant. Immediately, the young dragon recognized the metal pieces littering the ground.
“We have to hide these,” Miu proposed.
“You’re right,” I agreed.
