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friends here. She wasn’t sticking around any longer than she had to. Striding back to her room, she left her door open, dropping onto the bed. Pulling out her phone she was relieved to see no new messages from Cooper. Maybe she’d finally gotten through to him that he didn’t need to text her every few minutes.
    I survived the night.
She sent the text to Kade.
    Why are you up so early?
    Breakfast is only served between 6 and 6:30. Missed dinner. Starving.
    Why did you miss dinner? How is the panther handling that?
    It felt like the panther was prowling back and forth, barely caged, but telling Kade that probably wasn’t a good idea.
Because they’ve got too many stupid rules here.
She looked up when Dominic appeared in the doorway.
Have to go. My tour guide has arrived to take me to the dinning room.
    Be careful.
    She smiled. Like he was all the time? Yeah right. She rose to her feet, tucking her phone away, trying to think of something to say to Dominic. He remained silent as they walked along the corridors. She thought of and discarded several comments. If he expected her to tell him about the assassins before he’d talk to her again he was going to be very disappointed.

Chapter Five
    It was quiet in the dining hall and Amber glanced around at the kids sitting at the tables, eating. Her eyes momentarily landed on Jennifer who sent her a venomous glare. Great. Just what she needed.
    Dominic pushed past her, headed for the far side of the room where a man was serving breakfast. The man was dressed in a black t-shirt and jeans, had his dark brown hair cut very close to his head and his brown eyes took in everything. He stood behind a counter that separated the dinning room from the kitchen.
    Amber followed Dominic, collecting a tray like he did. She waited behind Dominic while the man added bacon, eggs and toast to a plate and handed it to Dominic along with a glass of water. Moving along, Dominic gathered cutlery off the counter while the man handed Amber a plate of food and a glass of orange juice. Smelling the dragon bone in the juice, she held it out to the man.
    He didn’t reach for the glass. “Drink your juice.”
    Dominic, who’d started to move away, turned back.
    “No thanks.” Amber continued to hold out the glass.
    “That wasn’t a suggestion. It was an order.”
    She placed the juice on the counter. “I’m not having dragon bone.”
    “You can’t be a true Knight if you don’t.”
    Amber started to turn away, not interested in continuing an obviously unproductive argument.
    “I didn’t give you permission to walk away. Drink the juice now. I don’t want a single drop left in that glass.”
    She faced the man. “I won’t drink or eat anything with dragon bone in it.” She spoke each word slowly, aware of the silence in the dinning room behind her. Reaching out with her empty hand, she pushed the glass over. The noise of the glass striking the counter rang out in the silent room. The juice quickly spread.
    The man stretched across the counter, knocking the plate from her hands. The plate and food tumbled to the floor. “No juice, no breakfast.”
    Hunger and anger had the panther wanting to break free and strike out at the man. “You’re really going to want to feed me. I won’t be held responsible for what happens if I’m not fed.”
    The man chuckled. “Nice try, little girl. My orders came from the High Protector himself. Now I’ll get you a glass of juice and you’ll drink it before I dish up another plate for you.”
    “I don’t think so.” She tried to search the building with her mind, but whatever the building was made of, it wouldn’t allow her to reach beyond the room she was in. Striding towards the door, she stopped when four kids moved in front of her. She only recognised Jennifer. “Get out of the way.”
    Jennifer smiled. “No dragons can get in here and rescue you. You’re on your own this time.”
    “I don’t need dragons to rescue me. Now get out of my