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way.”
    “Or what?” Jennifer’s smile became smug. “You’re a little outnumbered.”
    Amber brought fireballs to her hands. “Then how about I deal with that by starting with you?” She heard the gasp of the kids behind her. She had felt them advancing, but now they stopped.
    “Jennifer, fetch the High Protector.”
    “But Stanley-”
    “Now.”
    Jennifer sent Amber a look that warned her there’d be payback, then left the room, shutting the door hard behind her.
    Amber stepped to the side so she could keep an eye on everyone. Extinguishing the fireball from one hand, she pulled out her phone and rang Ronan.
    “What did you do?”
    “It wasn’t me. They’re trying to make me have dragon bone. I’m not eating it, drinking it, or consuming it in any way, shape or form.” To her, dragons were people. And you didn’t eat people. It was bad enough that she had to wear the skin of them.
    “Hang that phone up now.” Stanley pointed a finger at her, coming closer. “No phone calls during class time.”
    “They’re trying to weaken you,” Ronan said.
    “What?”
    “I’m not going to repeat myself,” Stanley warned.
    Amber kept an eye on him and the kids who fanned out around him. “You better hurry up and explain yourself before all hell breaks lose, Ronan.”
    “Dragons can’t eat dragon bone. That includes mages. Blood, flesh, organs, but no bone. It weakens us. They would know that. Tell them if they force something harmful on you it’s an act of war. We’ll bring two castles full of warriors against them. Their Brisbane headquarters would be rubble within hours.”
    “That’s it.” Stanley started to step forward, his hand reaching for the phone.
    Amber disconnected, slid her phone into her pocket and side stepped him. “You better wait for the High Protector before you begin a war he might not want to start.” Her phone rang and she ignored it. “Back away.”
    The door burst open and Jennifer entered the room, followed by Martin and Charles. Amber’s phone continued to ring.
    “Turn that phone off,” Martin ordered.
    “Actually you might want me to answer it.” Amber kept the fireball in her hand. “Otherwise you’ll have two castles worth of dragons attacking very soon.” The phone stopped ringing and immediately started again.
    “What have you done?” Charles demanded.
    “Protected myself.”
    “Get these children out of here,” Martin ordered Stanley before he turned to Amber. “Answer that phone.”
    Amber smiled as Jennifer was sent from the room, protesting. As soon as it was only her and the three men, she extinguished the fireball and answered the phone. “Yeah?”
    “What’s going on?”
    “I haven’t figured that out yet.”
    Martin held out his hand. “Give me the phone.”
    “I’ll take it.” Charles also held out a hand.
    “You’re no longer the High Protector. This is my concern. You brought her here and put everyone at risk.”
    “Who do you want to speak to, Ronan? My grandfather or Martin, the High Protector? There’s some arguing going on over who’s running the show.”
    “In that case put Charles on the phone.”
    She almost laughed, but the situation was still too dangerous for that. She held out her phone to her grandfather. “He wants to talk to you.”
    “This is outrageous,” Martin said.
    Stanley stood by quietly, watching everything carefully. Amber didn’t blame him. She was warily watching everyone too. Especially Stanley. Her stomach growled and she bit back the growl the panther wanted her to make. They better sort this out quickly or she’d be finding her own meal.
    After saying yes a couple of times and no once, Charles handed the phone back to Amber. “Yes?”
    “You will ring me in an hour and tell me if everything has been sorted to your satisfaction.”
    “Okay.”
    “And whatever you do, don’t have any of the dragon bone.”
    “You could have told me about that earlier.”
    “You had already refused it. I