Caitlin froze, watching fearfully as Ashton flew in, landing with such power and grace. A dragon, real honest-to-goodness dragon had landed in the courtyard.
She quickly closed the book and stumbled off the bench as she stared at the black wings and then the tail. The water made her wince as she half sitting, half kneeling by the bench she was previously sitting on.
The vampire almost transformed in her wolf form when she saw Ashton begin to transform, but she stopped herself. Would the dragon attack a wolf? Instead she stood up and glared at his demand.
"I was reading." The bitchiness in her voice was overshadowed by the quiver of fear that rang in 'reading'.