My feet echo as my steps run along the metal floor. My dragon moves uncomfortably inside my chest the deeper we get underground. Even after all these years we can’t get used to the feeling. We belong outside and in the skies after all. That is our nature. When I was young I used to cry each time I entered this place. That action has long since been beaten out of me.Now, I find the sound of the Tungsten metal to be a comfort. I have made this place my home. Others Now, I find the sound of the Tungsten metal to be a comfort. I have made this place my home. Others that are of a different species than human look down on me for what I do. I was raised to be this way. Raised to bring my own here. I have been doing it for so long now that I don’t know another way.Today is going to change things for me though. This will be the first time that I will see him since I brought him here. Before that it had been fourteen long years. The sound of my feet change as I head toward the cells where
I bang against the force field that appeared as my mate accepted her meet her greet. As soon as she formed the water shield Kelsie disappeared behind it. Panic fills my chest as I try to break through the barrier with all my might. Xander tried to stop her from accepting the invitation but now she is too late. My roar fills the air as I grow furious that she has taken my mate from me. What the hell is she doing to her?“We do not even remember the first time we met her. Maybe she isn’t causing her any harm” Xander says from the back of our mind even though I can feel his worry too.“You do not know what I know. To truly meet a kelpie one must be close to death or dying. Our mate is alive and healthy. Now she is in danger from this stupid creature. I swear if anything has happened to her I will not hesitate to show her my wrath” I warn him viciously.As the threat leaves my lips the barrier suddenly drops and I am sprinting our human form forward. What I see stops me in my tracks fo
As soon as I mention needing to eat Xander returns. He returns completely naked and my eyes almost bug out of my skull as all his delicious flesh is revealed to my gaze. I can’t even remove it from him or his golden tattoos. His body is truly a work of art as his muscles ripple. When my eyes land on his legs I have to blink as his size is once more revealed. It hangs heavy against his thigh and the hunger that fills me has me clenching my own together. It is suddenly hid from my view and my eyes fly to his as I fight a blush. He definitely caught me looking. The look in his eyes as he watches me causes moisture to spill between my thighs. His nostrils flare and he takes a step toward me automatically releasing his appendage. My eyes fly to it once more and I lick my lips subtly as he groans. “Fuck” he curses as he stops in his tracks. “The smell of you makes my tongue itch to taste you” he says with so much want in his voice. The thought of him taking me with his huge size is enough
Maximus leaves so quickly that nothing is left to be said. As I make my way down to the cells of the cabin where we keep our prisoners my anger spikes. After everything that we have been through today and shared, she just rejected my touch. She said nothing as I held her hand on our journey or guided her with a well place palm on her lower back. As soon as we got in front of someone though she didn’t want me touching her.Maximus already knows that we are mates. The actions that she showed just don’t make sense. The conversation that I had with Maximus before I gave him instructions keeps playing in my head as I decipher our words to see where I made a mistake. I slow my steps before I get to his cell. With a few deep breaths I clear my head so that I can deal with him. So, far he has found a way to get under the skin of everyone that has tortured him. I hate to even admit that he got undermine a time or two. The bastard just knows entirely too much. Even things that he shouldn’t kno
The cry of my daughter pierces the air and I rise with a groan as Magma starts to stir. “Our turn” me and my dragon say with excitement as we exit the room. Finally used to the layout of our new cabin I make it to their room next to ours and scoop her up. I gently rock her to soothe her so she doesn’t wake her brother. Green eyes like my own blink up me as I smile at her. She is the epitome of beauty, just like her mother. The words of my dragon cause her to bring her hand up to touch our face as he pushes forward. She coos at him as a purr leaves our chest. With her in our arms we head to the fridge to heat up her milk. Used to the nightly routine I grab two bags knowing that her brother will also wake up soon. She waits so patiently as she looks around the room to see what I am doing. I shake my head as I think about how impatient her brother is. If it were he who had awoken first he would scream bloody murder until he was fed.Once the milk is warm I settle her into the crook
I sit on the couch waiting patiently as he cleans up the class that I broke. I was so startled when he appeared in front of me that I almost screamed. He picked me up so fast that I could do nothing but hold onto the broadness of his shoulders as he carried me to the couch. When he release me I had to cross my legs at the tingling sensation that I got when he took all of my wait. He cleans up the mess in record time and comes back over to me. I watch his face and see his lips about to move when suddenly his entire body freezes. His eyes change to slits as they darken and his dragon eyes come forth. I follow his gaze as he stares at me and see that he is looking at my legs. When I recall what I am wearing my entire body blushes as I curse myself. I was just coming down to grab a quick drink before heading off to bed and forgot to put on the robe. My legs lay there completely bared to his gaze as I hear him swallow. Moving quickly I grab the pillow from the other end of the couch and t
Wait, Xander don’t---As I push my lips to hers the warmth of her warms my soul. My power rushes out as I push all the love that I can at her. If I want her to give me a chance then I have to show her what I can give her. She has left me no choice. I can’t just let her leave.My world goes gold as I watch the love take over her eyes and I stare into them. After a few moments, a sob leaves her chest and I try to pull away. The connection that I have made to her is too strong, however. I have no choice but to go along with the process as I watch my mate break right in front of me. The tears flow freely down her chest as her entire body stills. I have no idea what she is seeing through my gift but I know that the vibrations of her screams against my lips have yet to cease.She is on the other end. We can’t stop this. Oh, god Xander we can’t stop this.Tears fill my eyes as I watch my mate be tortured. I flex my arms as I hold her tighter against me wanting to bring her some kind of c
My eyes feel like sandpaper when I blink them open. Pain ricochets in my chest as a shuddering breath leaves my lips. Even though the sun is shining the day feels dull. Looking around the room I freeze. The golden colors around the room do not belong to me. Lifting my head from the warm hard surface I am laying on my eyes land on Xander’s face. His eyes are closed and the even rhythm of his breathing lets me know that he is sleeping.When my gaze travels down I quickly snatch my leg off of him. Why am I in his room? The thought of how we slept causes me to blush profusely. My body is cradled to his side. I can feel the muscles of his arm under my neck and I know that I used it as a pillow. My leg had decided to escape the confines of the robe I wear and was thrown across his thick waist. The memory of it causes me to shiver. At my shiver, his arm wraps tighter around me and a soft groan leaves his chest as his eyes flutter open. Inside I start to panic at what he will say. Before t
As I walk through the last of the meadow her lips start a trail up my neck. The heat from her lips is such a pleasant surprise that my steps almost falter. I have to halt them fully when her teeth come in to play and I start thinking about them sinking into my neck. A groan leaves my neck as I tilt it to give her better access. It almost feels as if her touch gives me strength. The fabric of my robe against my skin is rough and I crave the smoothness of hers pressed against mine. The thought of her hands gliding over the flesh of my muscles is the most erotic thought that I have ever had. My feet start moving again when I can no longer take the torture and it feels like my cock is hard enough to cut glass. I stand shocked as I exit the trees only to realize that I have just come out of the other side of the meadow. I look around in frustration and confusion as I wonder what the hell happened.“Perhaps that I forgot to mention that we are still inside your head. I would imagine that
I know that there is something wrong with me. I seem to feel lost even though I know exactly where I am. I look up from the wildflower I play with and see my meadow. In confusion I search around the room for the one I was just in. I could have sworn I was just in the old facilities that we used to have here. However, that just doesn’t make sense because we got rid of them. I remember being the one to give the order for their destruction. I walk a few steps forward in the meadow and place my hands on the rock. A sigh of relief leaves my chest as I feel that it is real. For a moment there I really thought that it wouldn’t be. Touching this rock feels so differently that it has felt in the past. As I take a seat on it I know that something is different. As I look at this place I no longer feel the peace that it always used to bring me. It is the woman. You have let her cast a spell.“Its not a spell. I was simply intrigued. Even you liked her scent and the way she looked. I have cau
This odd form of my mate staggers as he gets to his feet and looks at me. The look he gives holds no pure intentions. I smile in glee at the revelation that I just had. My dragon asked me to take a chance and to trust that I could do this. To trust that I could handle whatever this is. I was terrified of what I would find when I came in here. For the first time in however long I have been here, I am not afraid.“You are going to pay for that you little bitch” He growls. He cracks his neck and I see as his wound starts to heal right before my eyes. I widen my stance as I stare at me unbothered. “I have a price to pay. I am just not too sure that you are going to like it” I say in warning as I wait for him to attack. I know that I need him to attack. No matter what this time though I need to keep my hands free. I truly hope that I can do this without having to endure his foul taste again. “I am going to enjoy everything that I take from you. Especially the life of the bastard child
We do not have much time Tika. If we are going to do what needs to be done then it has to be now. We can debate how wrong she was later.I feel fear all through out my body. Diving into what my dragon describes as the dark side of hell wasn’t on my to do list today. However, it makes me understand where Avery is coming from. I would really do just about anything to get my mate back. At this point it happens to include diving into this deep, dark abyss. My dragon cant even tell me if we are going to make it out on the other side of this.“Well I guess it’s a good thing that I’m not a bitch right?” I state. I ask the question aloud to solidify my resolve. I don’t want to do this. I don’t know how it will affect our son. Without another thought I say a silent prayer and then I jump in.As soon as the stuff touches my skin I immediately want to hurl. I feel beyond sick to my stomach as the iciness of the liquid touches me. Its so suffocating that I feel as if I cant breathe. I claw at
The strength that I have been pretending to have this entire time is fading. I had to block Anthony from the mind link because of his constant checking on me. I look at the woman before me with guilt once more. There are still things that I haven’t told her but I need her to do this. If she knew exactly what could happen, then she wouldn’t willingly agree. I hope that if the inevitable happens that she will understand. I will do anything to save my mate and the father of my children.As she takes my hands I try to give her an encouraging smile. Out of the corner of my eyes all I see is my mate. Just a bit ago during her ether journey he had fallen unconscious. I can feel as our bond is weakening. This time is just so much worse than the last. Even I can feel some of the effects from the poison the body has caused in the ether. If we are unable to come up with a solution, I fear that I may truly lose him this time.I want him to come home to our children. I want to lead our clan as w
There are no word for what I feel right now as I am directed to stand over Xander. I take a deep breath as I try to make myself keep hope. They say that he is still in there but I have a hard time believing it. I take the back of my hand and smooth it over the light dusting of stubble that covers his cheek. Tears fill my eyes as the tingles are barely there. They might as well be nonexistent.We must keep our faith. We need our mate. Our young needs our mateHer words cause me to freeze for a moment. Through all of this I had nearly forgotten that I was pregnant. My hand flies to my stomach as I close my eyes and send love to my baby. Whether or not we get your father back, I can love you enough for the both of us.“We need to start Tika. I know this isn’t easy but we are running out of time” Avery says as she lays a hand on my shoulder. My eyes open slowly as I meet her gaze. A shuddering breath leaves my chest and I grab her hands like she wants.“Let’s begin” I state with confi
As I storm out of the hospital area from where my mates stayed beyond, my feelings were indescribable. For so long I had imagined what it would be like when I finally saw them again. I had imagined ridding myself of the pain that has plagued me for so long. Knowing now that I will never have that chance, its almost worse than all the pain that I have been carrying around for years.I would walk around my room at the facility in tears from the loss of the bond. Each night was cold and filled with so much pain that I thought it would never end. Trying to get out of bed was a momentous effort. Eating became a chore instead of a pleasurable act. Life was lived just to get through the day instead of finding moments of enjoyment.The worst part of all was picturing they’re faces. Even after so many years my memories did me no justice. Seeing them made me so happy but it was also like a stab to the heart. Feeling those precious tingles against my skin now makes me feel dirty when they are
The room falls quiet as everyone turns to stare at me. I still cant even hide how pissed I am at the situation. These people shouldn’t even be here. Yet they stand here making demands of us. The whole clan is feeling the loss of our alpha. For me its more than them. For over a decade I have stood by his side. I was more than just an errand boy. He meant something to me. I never truly understood the concept of family until I realized that he was gone. Its nothing that I would ever say to his face, however.The prisoner. We need to speak to the prisoner. He is the last person that Xander spoke to.Stepping forward I don’t even pay attention to the others in the room. My hand still extends back in order to keep Emily behind me. I still don’t trust them but since my alpha does, I will stand by her. I still cant even fathom what Xander was thinking when he gave up his title. I know he most likely prevented all of us from feeling his death.“There is someone that we need to speak to then
Beep. Beep. Beep. The sounds in the room are so annoying. I wish that someone would just turn it off so that I can go back to sleep. I don’t want to get up. I make myself turn over away from the errant noise as I squeeze my eyes shut tighter. I just need more sleep. I don’t want anything else right now. Quiet and sleep sound so good but that insistent beeping just wont stop. I groan as I smash my face into my pillow. “She seems to be waking up. Maybe when she does, can tell us what to do” I hear as someone whispers. You would think that they would know to whisper quieter if they didn’t want someone to hear them. Women normally gossip much better than this.“She has to know what to do. We still don’t even know what happened. We all felt the transfer. She is now our alpha. With him gone now, she is the only one that we can turn to” This time it’s a mans voice speaking. I cant help but frown because I know that voice. As I think hard about where I know the voice images start to flas