Bridges Burned (Going Down in Flames #2)
by Chris Cannon
Release Date: 01/19/15
Entangled Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
Don't just fight the system…burn it.
Since discovering she is a shape-shifting, fire-breathing dragon on her sixteenth birthday (surprise!), Bryn McKenna's world has been thrown into chaos. Being a "crossbreed"-part Red dragon and part Blue-means Bryn will never fit in. Not with dragon society. Not with the archaic and controlling Directorate. And definitely not when she has striped hair and a not-so-popular affection for rule-breaking…
But sneaking around with her secret boyfriend, Zavien, gets a whole lot harder when he's betrothed to someone else. Someone who isn't a mixed breed and totally forbidden. And for an added complication, it turns out Bryn's former archnemesis Jaxon Westgate isn't quite the evil asshat she thought. Now she's caught between her desire to fit in and a need to set things on fire. Literally.
Because if Bryn can't adapt to the status quo…well, then maybe it's time for her to change it.
Excerpt:
"Hi. I wanted to ask Jaxon a question about the Directorate. Is he here with you?"
Rhianna pointed to the midnight-blue book bag hanging on the back of the chair next to her. "He went to look for a book."
"Know which way he went?" Searching for someone in the monstrous library could take all night, and there was no guarantee of success.
"Up to the second floor, I believe."
Which meant he could be anywhere. "I'll ask him another time."
"Thank you," Rhianna said.
"For what?"
"You came to me rather than searching him out on your own. We just quashed those strange rumors about you two, and I'd hate for them to start again."
"How can people be so stupid?" Bryn plopped down in Jaxon's seat. "I'd never sneak around with Jaxon for two reasons: one, because I like you, and two, because he annoys the hell out of me on a regular basis."
Rhianna covered her mouth with her hand as she giggled. "I envy your ability to say what you're feeling."
"You should try it sometime."
"This is a frightening development." Jaxon came toward them carrying a thick leather-bound book.
"Afraid I'll be a bad influence?" Bryn asked.
"Yes. If you could remove yourself from my seat and stay away from my future wife, I'd appreciate it."
Bryn leaned forward, placing her elbows on the table. "Now I'll have to become best friends with Rhianna to spite you."
Rhianna pointed to the midnight-blue book bag hanging on the back of the chair next to her. "He went to look for a book."
"Know which way he went?" Searching for someone in the monstrous library could take all night, and there was no guarantee of success.
"Up to the second floor, I believe."
Which meant he could be anywhere. "I'll ask him another time."
"Thank you," Rhianna said.
"For what?"
"You came to me rather than searching him out on your own. We just quashed those strange rumors about you two, and I'd hate for them to start again."
"How can people be so stupid?" Bryn plopped down in Jaxon's seat. "I'd never sneak around with Jaxon for two reasons: one, because I like you, and two, because he annoys the hell out of me on a regular basis."
Rhianna covered her mouth with her hand as she giggled. "I envy your ability to say what you're feeling."
"You should try it sometime."
"This is a frightening development." Jaxon came toward them carrying a thick leather-bound book.
"Afraid I'll be a bad influence?" Bryn asked.
"Yes. If you could remove yourself from my seat and stay away from my future wife, I'd appreciate it."
Bryn leaned forward, placing her elbows on the table. "Now I'll have to become best friends with Rhianna to spite you."
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