I watch as my dragon makes a threat to hers as he grinds against our mate. I tug his metal cord to prevent him from going further. For the first time my dragon directs his anger at my actions to me. I tug harder as I pull him away from her and I come forward. “I don’t want to have to throw you into a mental cage at this moment but I will. Our mate will be mine first. You must remember that she is still human and not ready for your beastly passion” I remind him “She seems as if she was handling herself just fine” he states as she looks at us quizzically. A heavy sigh leaves my chest as I think about the implications of his words. I could just ask her who she would like to be with first but I don’t know if I could handle her refusing me once more. I need her. As my skin touches hers it defines just how true my words are. My skin feels like a live wire as I hold her into my arms. Her scent burns through my nose and has my mouth watering with wanting to taste it. A growl leaves my che
As we enter the bedroom, the tension around us comes to a sweet pause. Wondering what the problem is, I take a look at his face. The desire that he has for me can still be seen however in his eyes as he looks at the bed I see apprehension. With everything that we have already experienced together it somehow slipped my mind that he has never done this before. His hands tighten on my waist as I move. I wasn't going anywhere. I just wanted to take a step back so he had room to breathe if he needed it. Grabbing his hands from my waist I bring them higher as I guide them to my breast. He licks his lips as he eyes my supple mounds in his hands and I know that he has come back to me. As his hands move on their own volition I try to think of something to say to ease his fears.“There is no judgment from either of us here. We use our body to show our words. As long as you love me with every touch as I will love you with mine, then nothing can go wrong "I remind him as I start a trail of kisse
Fury hits me as I break apart the desk in the cabin in which I stay. I roar in frustration at the report that I just read from the men that have been assigned to help me. I pace the room heavily in anger. It's been three days and there has been no sign of him. How he has managed to elude me when I know all of his properties is beyond me.We have attacked and freed all of those from every facility. His personal properties have been checked by me alone and still I have found nothing. Not even a sign to where he has gone. My mind races on where to look next or his other contacts that I could reach out to and yet I am coming up empty. He shouldn't have been able to get away. My ears prick as footsteps get closer to the cabin and I pause in my pacing as I realize who it is. My eyes roll as I bend down and start to pick up the papers that have spread across the room in my outburst. I have no choice but to look through everything that we have gathered once more if I am going to catch the ba
The world is hazy as I blink my dragon eyes open. The first thing that I notice is that being inside of our body feels different. As I feel the hardness of the ground beneath me and I sense the discomfort that I am in. I know that I should move in order to remove the pains that I feel but for the first time in my existence I have no wish to do anything. The feeling that I have inside is one that I have felt so many times before and yet I feel as if this time it is worse than any other time.As I remember what happened before I came to the forest, my chest hurts. What makes matters worse is that I can still feel them. I can feel what they feel for each other that I have been deprived of. As I think of the choices that my human has made, I am unable to understand where things went wrong. I am unable to think of a way that we could be able to move past the despair that we have knowing that she won't be ours. This matter leaves me with no choice and I know that I must win her back, even i
When my dragon finally releases the hold that he had on me I can hardly breathe. His excitement thrums in my chest from the conversation that he just had with our brother. I shake my head as I watch his glee play out in my mind. Pushing up to my elbows I rise from the forest floor as I look around. The sky has gone dark and considering how stiff my body is, I know that I have been out here a while.Getting to my feet is done slowly as my muscles ache and crack. I'm left standing still in the forest as my mind races.Images of her pool in my mind as the urge to go to her grows. My head swivels over in the direction as I imagine the scenarios that would play out if I do. A part of me knows that it isn't a good idea but my feet want to pull me in that direction anyway. Just as I take the step in that direction I am halted by my dragon. She has just taken her mate after being rejected by you. The ether from the soul bond still runs through her veins. I would imagine that that is not somet
I drum my fingers on the table in my lab as I wait for the latest results to show up. Frustration eats at my veins as I think about the other results that I have been able to produce. I look at the vials that litter around the lab in disgust as I look at the products of all my hard work. I have been out of practice much too long if this simple formula is proving to get the best of me. My mind flashes back to almost ten years earlier when I received that call. It was the call that changed everything for me including the path that I would take in the experiments that I started. The very person that gave the order is now dead by my hand because he thought that he could tell me what to do. He said that a mind such as mine would prove more useful outside of the confines of a lab.I was so irritated when he sent his goons to remove me that I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands. The other doctors in the lab were happy to be keeping their place at the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co
The weight of my beautiful mate against my side lets me know that I have come back to the real world. A sigh of contentment leaves my lips as she chuckles beside me. Every single part of me that touches her feels like a live wire. As I told my hold on her and my hands started to explore, the feeling was euphoric as she responded to my touch. I bring her lips to mine and kiss her until I have no choice but to let go and take a deep breath. The memories play in my head as Artemis purrs and my hands begin to move with more intent.“Hold on there my love. There is a conversation that we must have first before I decide to ravish you again” She says huskily as she throws a leg over and rises above me. The new position brings her beautiful mounds right to my face and I immediately take advantage of it as I start to play with the chocolate kisses that are on her chest. She moans as her hands swim into my air and I use my hands to grind her naked flesh against my hard cock.The heat of her moi
As I stare at the door for the first time since I was a child I get nervous. The door is here only inches in front of me and yet I cannot bring myself to knock. I turn away from it as I begin to pace the length of the porch. My heart beats so rapidly in my chest at this moment that I find it hard to swallow. If I'm being honest with myself, then I know this feeling is because if this doesn't go right, then I have no reason to live.You do know that that seems a bit melodramatic right. It could just mean that we have to work for our mate. You know like we should have had to do before giving her our mark.My feet pause in my pacing as I ponder the truth of the words of my beast. I’ve been dreading this moment and excited all at once because I thought that I would only have one shot to do this. The fact that I could keep on trying actually hadn't occurred to me. I’ve been thinking of this as if it is my last mission. In the missions that I take you only have one chance to gain what you s
“Dammit Athena, that was the last one here” I hear Jefferson yell downstairs as I start to laugh. If I had to hazard a guess I would say that she once more shredded his robe as soon as he came into the room. The guys enjoyed leaving that fact out as the dragons of their females guarded the eggs. Not that I have minded too much.Since joining the guard under Maximus in the last few months I have always hated the uniform. For the last three days she has yet to let us leave the house. Athena’s way to ensure that we didn't leave was to strip off our clothes for her nest before we even tried. Knowing that he will come up here to complain I get more comfortable on the bed where Iaid out. His angry footsteps coming up the steps make me laugh even harder as he bursts into the room. “I told you that it was a bad idea. You will just have to cook what is here "I tell him as I don't remove my eyes from the book i was reading.“I just wanted to go and get some garlic. It's the only thing that sau
Our children come forward as Salvatore tells them that it is time. I know that this part won't be easy for any of us. Many here will not believe that he deserves such an honorable death. They would be right. But because he is our mate and we allowed hatred to rule him for so long, it is the least that we could do. We can grant him the gift of dying with love.“We will be here until the very end” I promise Slater as I look at him. His heart rate has picked up and I know that he is scared of what is to come. Blind in his hatred he wouldn't have feared death. However, feeling our bond and our love I would imagine it seems so different now.“It's painless dad. It will be just like going to sleep” Young Slay says as he kneels before him with his sister. I couldn't be more proud of my children at this moment. Knowing what they are capable of has always been hard.Marla looks up as someone comes closer and I watch as her dragon shines through. The child has always been too smart for her own
As the moon shines I can't seem to focus. So many emotions rush through as i look at my mates. My body feels so light that it seems at any moment i could take flight from the ground. Looking at my mates I can see the two children that stand beside them and yet the anger that the sight should cause isn't there.What I feel instead is indescribable. It is a connection that I know I have longed for forever. It's the connection to my mates that I witnessed so many others have. A connection that brings these tears that I cannot stop down my face. Looking around the rest of the yard in front of the cabin I can see all the others.The dragons that I have manipulated and deceived. The pain in my chest from what I have done is insurmountable. My eyes close as the images play in my head and I want to vomit. My hands claw at my chest wanting to rip my heart out for all the atrocities that I have committed. I don't deserve to be here. I don't deserve to take one more breath on this earth for all
As our children rush to me and embrace me, the world seems a bit less sad. I feel so tired from the day that i am drained but i can always smile for them. I know in a few moments they will have lots of questions that we will need to answer. At this time they are old enough to receive the answers. I know that bringing them here to meet theri father on his death may haunt them but it is the last thing that i can do for my mate. They hug there mother also and i watch Avery with them. Seeing her with them has always brought a smile to our face. Once they are done embracing, it is then that they notice the others who surround us and the man on the floor. They back toward Avery for comfort and i feel bad for springing this on them in the moment. However, their special talents will be needed in the moment.“Dad?” My son ask as he questions me. I hold my hand out and he comes over to me and pulls his twin sister along. I kneel in front of them as they look at the people that surround us. “Y
No one in the room can hide their shock as a man appears from Slater. The woman embraces the boy as he stands still and looks at everyone in the room. Tears grace Kawa’s face as she holds the young man to her. He steps away from her as he looks at her in confusion. “What am I doing here, mother?” he asks her as he looks at all of us. “I am here to free you my erzi. Now we can go to the land of the beyond so I can reunite you with your love. Let’s call it a wrong made right so to speak” she states. “My Io?” he asks as he smiles. The smile on his face disappears as he seems to remember something. His hand flies to the back of his head and he looks at his hand in confusion. Kawa’s expression turns sad as she watches emotions play across his face. “She will never forgive me,” he whispers. “That only you may find out. You will have to go to her first. However, there is one person that i would like you to see first” She says as she gestures toward the door. He looks up at the door confu
The commotion from the cabin can be heard before we approach it. Feet pound against the forest floor as everyone rushes forward. A feminine scream lets off into the air as growls and fighting can be heard. A sigh of relief fills my chest as I hear the distinctive growl of my brother. To know that he is alive is what I need as I listen to the words of my dragon. He is still lost to us in the grief of the mate that he believes we have lost. We can not let him succumb to it, or he will be lost to us forever.The words make me move even faster as I burst through the door of the cabin. I spot him as he faces off with Salvatore as the dragon man stands in front of Slater. It looks as if my brother has already had a few rounds with him and as if someone has also had a few rounds with my brother. I rush forward just as he goes to attack Salvatore once more. I fly through the air as I tackle him but it barely diminishes his momentum. He hits Salvatore square in the chest.Salvatore goes flyin
Looking at the faces in the room I can feel the words in my throat as they choke me. All these years and i know that the way that i handled things in the past was wrong. I made the decision based on our unborn children. I should have told Salvatore the truth of that night and yet I was afraid. I was afraid of how he would look at me and that I might have been left to raise our baby alone. I was afraid that he would see the dark side of me that Slater knew before I learned to control it. Who knows that Salvatore would have helped me control it later down the line. “Speak!!” Slater yells at me. Salvatores gaze swivels between us both as he tries to access my mind link. I block him from it not wanting him to see the actions. They are words that I need to say anyway. “That night was not how things were supposed to go, Sal. You have to believe me. I never wanted anyone to get hurt "I tell him as I plead with him. As I step toward him he steps away from me as he looks at me. I know from t
The fire in the fireplace roars to life as I stroke it. The flames are mesmerizing to me as I feel my mates closing in. I have waited for this moment. After everything that i have done now they have no choice but to pay attention. The best has still yet to be shown and they don't even know. They will be leaving this earth on this day just as I will be. An epically romantic moment until the bitter end.I laugh as their flames heat. By now many of their friends would have died. The other dragons would have changed into today's clothes not knowing that it would be their death. For those that didn't change into the close they would have their final meal. Everything was so eloquently executed and they were blind sided. This was the only way that things could go after they blindsided me all those years ago.I got rid of a problem. I saved us only for them to leave me. For years I waited for them to return. For years I felt them as they loved and they grew. After five years had passed I rea
Until this day I have no regrets about the decisions that I have made. Seeing the horrific things from the man that I loved hurt me beyond belief. When I heard of the things that he was doing to our kind I believed them. I had once upon a time seen his rage and I had Avery run from it. All those years ago and we have been running ever since. For decades I have felt the connection to Slater. In my anger and my fury at him I have all but denied that it existed. Today however, I have no choice. I have to follow it to where he is so that I can put a stop to him once and for all. I should have put a stop to it all those years ago, but because he holds my soul, I could not. Avery has always been the strongest of us. When she found out what he did, she so easily rejected him. I don't know if i could have done the same in her position but i know that it wasn't only herself that she was thinking of.When we returned after our trip in the forest and he shared our relationship, I was finally ha