~Artemis~
“Where you are you?” the king’s voice barked at me through the phone. “You haven’t updated me in two days.”
“I’ve been healing. The witch doctors gave me some witchy cream to help with the burns. I’m healing a lot faster and should be ready to go in another day or two.”
“Look,” he growled into the phone. “There’s been a change in the plan. I want her alive and brought here to me.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Because I said so,” he snarled. “My reasons do not need to be explained to you. Bring her to me. Alive. I don’t care if you kill the rest of them, but she’s to be unharmed and untouched. Not a single scratch.”
“That’s going to cost extra,” I sneered. “Do you know how many dragons I’m going to have to kill to get to her?”
“I’m sorry, I don’t think you heard me
