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he came from out of nowhere. That horrible woman brought me here and you know the rest.”
    “Yup, the same chickie with the bad attitude also threw me in here,” Candy added. “She wouldn’t listen to anything I said.”
    “She referred to us as humans,” Julie said. “We know that wolf shifters and vampires exist so why not dragon shifters? You said that one minute there was a dragon and the next a man. It’s the only logical explanation.”
    “She also said that she couldn’t see anything. Your whole dragon shifter theory is a stretch.” Lisa huffed.
    “Not really,” Julie said. Her teeth had finally stopped chattering but her head still ached. “All three of you were airlifted here by a dragon. How would you explain it?”
    “Drugs,” Lisa said. “We were all drugged.”
    “And saw exactly the same thing? It doesn’t make sense,” Candy said. “We wouldn’t all hallucinate the same thing. That’s crazy.”
    “I wasn’t drugged,” the new girl said. “I was picked up and carried here. How was I drugged? Surely I would need to have swallowed a pill or been injected or something.”
    “Candy,” Lisa said. “You should have experience with drugs. How did they administer them to us?”
    “How would I know?” Came the irate response. “Oh, just because I have sex for money… a lot of money, automatically means that I’m an addict as well? I hate to burst your bubble. I’ve never so much as smoked a joint. My sister…” She paused. “I have my reasons and they’re no concern of yours. I would never take drugs.”
    “I’m Pauline, by the way.” The new girl said, sounding much less freaked out.
    “What about you?” Julie asked. “What’s your story, Lisa?”
    There was a long moment of silence. “I don’t have a story,” she finally said.
    Yeah, right! There was definitely a story there. “I’m only asking because we all seemed to be in a bit of trouble at the time of the abduction. I had my bag stolen and hit my head on the pavement, it’s why I was unconscious. I lost my job, my apartment. Candy was trying to get out of doing what she was doing, her boss was beating on her. Pauline was about to lose her house and possibly her job. There’s a definite correlation.”
    “No there’s not. My daddy was a multi billionaire. I live in a mansion. I have everything I could possibly need.” Her voice had a haughty edge. “I’ve never worked a day in my life, I don’t have to. I don’t plan on it either. I drive a convertible. I also have an SUV for pulling the horse trailer. I have nothing in common with any of you. Nothing.”
    “Your dad was a multi-billionaire?” Julie asked. “You said was .”
    “Not that it’s any of your business but daddy had a stroke a few months ago. He died.” Not a hint of sadness.
    “Sorry for your loss.” Julie said since it was the polite thing to do.
    “Well don’t be. He…” Lisa sighed. “Never mind. I’m not sorry he’s gone.”
    Oh boy! There was definitely a story there. Prissy Lisa could deny it all she wanted but it was clear. She was hiding something. “How were you abducted?”
    “I was riding my prize, imported warmblood mare when…” She didn’t say anything more.
    “You were plucked up by a dragon shifter,” Candy added.
    “I was taken by something resembling a dragon. My horse was so spooked. Poor Seraphina, her eyes actually rolled back in her head. She was completely terrified. If anything happened to her, I swear. I’ll see these bastards hang. They had no damned right to abduct me from my perfectly, wonderful life.”
    Again, Julie got the impression that Lisa was trying too hard to convince them that everything was hunky dory. Maybe she was just trying to convince herself.
    “The only negative thing that has happened to me recently was my fiancé calling off the wedding. He got wind that I planned on breaking it off with him and beat me too it. Bastard! My best friend was the one that tipped him off. It