I told you that was a bad idea. There were other ways that we could have shown her what we are. Now you have gone and terrified our mate...
"We share the same head you know. You can see what my intention was" I reply.She smells like wildflowers....We love wildflowers. I really hope you know what you are doing with our mate. There is no cheating to the mate bond."I wouldn't necessarily call it cheating. I would much prefer we used the phrase speeding up the potential problems" I offered.You may think that you can avoid all the problems now, but we both know that love is never that easy.With that gentle reminder my dragon fades into the back of my mind with a swish on his long golden tale. I get a better grip on my mate and turn to follow the rest of the prisoners in. As I walk I look down at her face and take in her features more closely. She truly is beautiful. Her skin is a smooth honey and looks to be the smoothest skin I have ever seen. Her lips are plump and pink. Even though her eyes were closed the chocolate color still flashes through my mind. Her brown tresses hang over my arm. It looks to be about the same length of mine.I told you; it wouldn't matter what our mate looked like. We would know that she belongs to us.I remove my eyes from her beautiful face and pick up the pace of my feet moving forward. We are now nearing the cabins that we had set up for our visitors. Maximus uses this opportunity to taunt our prisoners by flashing to the inside of one of the cabins. He opens the window and hops right out after waving to the prisoners. Still shocked by the fact that my mate was found at a place like that.What could she have possibly done to end up in that position? Immediately I remember the colors of her aura. With me on how I'm thinking my dragon pushes his eyes forward so we can take a look at it once more. The coloring of it is of a pure person. If it were something truly terrible I would see the scaring on her aura. The inky black covering of someone beyond saving is not an easy thing to see."Uh Alpha, aren't you going to take her inside?" Demetrius asks breaking me out of my trance. Taking a quick look around, I realize that everyone else has already been taken inside. I don't know if I van release her just yet."No, I will be taking this one to the clinic to get looked at. Carry on with the protocols we put in place for when they arrived. Check with Maximus on doubling the guards near here and be sure to replace a copy of the report on my desk" I rush to say as I quicky turn toward the clinic.I don't know how calm she is going to be about waking up in a clinic with us hovering over her."It will be a lot better than knowing whether or not she is okay. Besides, we both know that we can't leave her until we find out for sure"TrueHis answer is brief and I know that he has the same worry I have. Our mate has been unconscious for more than ten minutes now and his worry has started to spill over to me. I start to think that perhaps I shouldn't have introduced her to one of our beast so soon. Picking up my pace I decide to notify the clinic that I am on my way in through the mind link."Hey Lisa, would you mind telling Dr. Snow that I am on my way in with one of our human visitors. She needs to be checked out after fainting" I say."Sure thing Alpha, we'll be ready for you when she gets here" she says back in her chirpy tone.Looking at my mate once more I check to see once more if she has moved at all. Even with the jostling of my large frame as I carry her, she has still not moved. I really do hope I haven't scare her too bad. If I have then she might choose not to be with me. Finally seeing the logic from my dragon I give a heavy sigh. As I step foot into the clinic I start to think of a way to clear this up with some type of explanation.The only way to help a cheater is to retake the test. Perhaps the first question you should have answered was your name. We should already know hers. In love the bigger problems should be focused on later. We cannot speed through this Xander."I hear you dragon. I will take it slower from now on" I promise him.My feet pace outside of the room. There are nurses milling about as Dr. Snow takes a look at her. I find myself checking all of them to make sure that none of them are males. Satisfied that they are all females I focus on the machines that are starting to show her vitals. Those number definitely look a little low to me. A hand on my shoulder stops my pacing and I turn to see Maximus."Dude your pacing and your growling are scaring people" he says with a chuckle. Looking around the hall that I'm in I realize that others are watching me warily. I sigh as I release the tension in my shoulders trying to gain some control. I take a step away from his hand and give him a nod in thanks. I turn my attention back toward her room to see that the nurses are standing back now as Dr. Snow leans over her.Curious at the new reaction, I step into the room instead of waiting in the hall. "What is wrong with her?" I ask aloud. Everyone was entranced for the moment by what they were seeing. My question caught several of them off guard seeing as they jumped upon hearing it."All of her vitals appear to be fine. I would certainly say that she is a curious one through. Tell me, do you get any emotions being around her?" Dr. Snow ask.Taken aback by the question I cock my head at her. "I don't know what you mean. What emotions am I supposed to feel?" I reply."I should have guessed that you would not be forth coming when you found your mate. I do suppose that the feelings you get when being around her are different compared to others so I will answer your questions." She says walking towards me as she discards her gloves."We all have an unknown urge to speak with her. It's almost like we know automatically that she would listen to all our problems and be able to help with them" she says as she takes in my expression. "Now, what I want to know is, does your mate have a power of her own or is this in a response to being mated to you" She says folding her arms.I have absolutely no idea how I am supposed to answer that question. I barely know the girl and have yet to even ask her name. How am I supposed to know if she has powers until I talk to her?Touch her skin. We can feel the mate bond when our skin aligns. Perhaps we can feel more that way."I am not using my gift on her. You have seen what it has don't to others. They treat it like a drug. I cannot do that to our mate" I scold him for even having the idea. "But I will touch her."Walking past the doctor I don't even answer her question. I walk up to my mate and just stand at the bed side taking her in for a moment. She still has on the horrid, orange jumpsuit but it looks like they had to remove it part way to examine her. She wears a thin white tank top underneath. Somehow it makes her skin look even paler than before under these bright lights.My fingers rub against each other in pure nervousness. I have heard how the others describe what it is like when they touch. I was starting to think that I would never have the opportunity to know what it felt like. Now that the moment is here I find that I don't want to risk disappointment. What if when I touch her, it's not like the others? Would that mean that something is wrong with the bond?Just touch her already. The suspense of what our mate would feel like to hold is killing me. Fine.....My dragon takes over my body swiftly and in less than a second my hand has grasped hers. A small gasp leaves my lip at the sensation and I nearly groan. Needing too, I hold her hand a little tighter and the rest of the tension leaves my body. Closing my eyes to savor the feeling I take that final step toward the bed. When I open my eyes I remember where I am and have to blink the haze clear.I turn back to the doctor without releasing her hand and answer her question. "I can feel her energy. I cannot tell whether the power comes from the bond or not. There is something there though" and with that answer I dismiss them with a wave.If she is fine then there is no need for them to stay in the room. I don't know how my mate would react to having so many others in the room. She may not react to me being the only person in the room, but I am willing to risk it. I look around the room and frown at the chairs that I see. None of them are large enough to fit my frame. This has me eyeing the bed closely to see if there is a way that I can sit on it without frightening her.We just met her Xander. We can't just hop into bed with her. Well we could but we shouldn't."You don't sound too sure there either. I can tell that you want us too. What could be so wrong with us holding our mate." I ask him as I look down at her. Deciding against getting in bed with her completely, I sit on the edge as gently as possible for someone of my size and grasp her hand.I can't help but to look at our hands in wonder at the tingles. I have truly never felt anything like it before. Switching over to my dragon eyes I can see the physicalness of the mate bond more fully. Her aura reaches out for mine as mine reaches for her. I frown at the barrier wanting to see the colors entwined. Her aura is of a warm shade red outlined by silver sparkles. It's pure and one of the most beautiful sights that I have ever seen. My aura is completely different and shines in a radiance of gold.Testing the reaction I remove my hand from hers and the tingles fade away. My aura still reaches for hers while it seems like hers just forms a cocoon around her. Why does hers only reach for me once we touch I wonder. Grasping her hand in mine once more I feel as her fingers twitch. My eyes fly to her face and I watch as her eyes blink and she comes to slowly. With a heavy sigh I release her hand and watch as my mate wakes fully.As her eyes land on mine, her heart rate triples in speed and the scent of her fear fills the air. Not wanting to seem creepy or to scare her more than I already have, I hold her gaze as I move. I walk to the end of the bed slowly and watch her as she sits up eyeing me warily. I cock my head at her wondering how we are supposed to proceed with this. I knew that there was a chance that I would meet my mate with the incoming humans. I just didn't know that I would have to start seeking answers so soon. I don't even know where I should start.Knowing her name would be nice. We should know what to call our mate.I feel different. Normally when I wake it is with an overwhelming sense of dread that I know exactly how my day is going to go. For four years I have been wasting away in this prison. I lost hope that first day when they stripped me of everything I owned and threw me away. They gave me a schedule. I was told when I could eat. I was told when I could go outside. I was given limited options on what I could have. I was told that I would no longer have a future. I wasn't a part of society anymore. I believed that I would die there. This time waking up is different. A feeling swirls in my chest and I frown as I try to decipher it. It's warm and fuzzy. Yet, it's something that I haven't felt in years. When my eyes finally open the lights in the room are bright. I blink around automatically knowing that I am in not in the darkness of the prison. The air here isn't stale and stagnant. It smells chemical almost.Suddenly my memory returns and I look around the room to see the giant man as he
This truly can't be happening. If she was willing then she should understand how this has to go. We cannot rush the mating process. Nothing good could come from it but her death. There has to be a bond of love before the marking can happen. Why would I be blessed with a mate who doesn't care for the value of her own life? Would being with someone of my kind really be so bad.It was a mistake to show her what we are so soon. Now she doesn't want anything to do with us. Your stupid plan is costing us our mate. You need to do something.Her voice cuts off the demands of my beast and we are both shocked by what she says next. If what she said before was bad then her words now fill me with fear. "if I am to die anyway, then does the process really matter." Her words cause me to feel intense shock and I can't believe what she has just said.What is wrong with our mate. Why is she dying? We cannot lose her Xander."Why are you going to die? Is there something wrong with you? Are you sick?" I
As I cower against the wall with my eyes squinched tight together, I slowly make myself relax. With a deep breath I release the tension in my body and I stand up straight. I vision the forest on the drive here as my eyelids relax. When the growling stops, I wait for the pain. I wait and I wait. Yet no pain comes.A hand lands on my shoulder and I just in fright as my eyes fly open. They whirl around the room as I search for danger and check my shoulder for a wound. With a frown on my face I turn to see a women in white scrubs who happens to look just as frightened as I do. I look around the room and finally notice that I no longer see the giant blonde man. I don't even see a trace that he was ever here.I would think that I imagined it but it's as if I can still smell him in the room. His scent is sweet like corn but like the corn has been roasted to become tender over a warm fire. The nurse watches me warily as I search the room. "My name is Julia. I'm not here to hurt you. I just wa
"I have to explain some more things to you before I can answer that. I do just hope that by the end of this conversation that you will want to stay" I tell her honestly. More than anything I want her to choose to stay. I have waited too long for her to just let her go.She is ours. If we must, we will keep her here."I don't want a mate who doesn't want to be here. I refuse to take that from her. If she is to stay then it has to be willingly. We will just have to do the work to convince her" I state to him. As I push him to the back of my mind a sudden idea hits me."Why don't we take this conversation outside. I'm sure that you could use some fresh air right about now. I know that I could" I say as I rise from the chair. A smile breaks across her face at the thought and my heart swells knowing that I am the one to caused it. I walk to the door of the room and watch as she rises from the bed. She finally releases Julia's hand even though she still watches Maximus and I closely. I don
As I watch him walk away quickly I can only stare at the meadow floor. When I saw it at first I thought it was the most beautiful place that I have ever seen. The air was sweet because of the flowers and they were so soft as I ran my hands along him. Now as I stare at the meadow floor, it feels almost as if it is now tarnished. The air now has a bitterness to the sweet aroma.With a deep breath I finally take my eyes from the floor and look around. The man, Maximus, who is able to disappear just looks at me. I can't help my eyes that flicker to his bare upper body. Seeing that he is scarred I quickly look away as I wonder what to do next. Xander told him to take me back to where I would be staying. I guess we will do that now."Uh, why don't you just follow me" he says after clearing his throat. He puts his back to me as he takes the same exit as Xander before and I lift my feet to follow him as I think. How could he just talk to me like that? Did he honestly expect me just to handle
My dragon circles around the landing area until it is clear. I can see a few of the guards looking up at me as well as some of the other dragons on our premises. I have always known that it would be questioned of why I didn’t want anyone to see me with my robe off. For years, even during the last of my childhood they have respected my need for privacy. I can only hope that they will continue to do so.Eventually there will need to be a time when others will have to see our marks.“I have already told you that when such a time comes, then it will be fine. Until then you were to stop your pestering and take the measures I asked for” I remind him.You know I’m not surprised that our mate didn’t want to know us. You haven’t let anyone else here know us either. Might be something that you want to change.“I will be open and honest with our mate. That would be different than how I am with our people” I tell him.Finally.He swoops down to the smooth cement landing pad and rapidly chan
I slam the door to my room shut in anger. He really does have some nerve to think that he can just show up like that. To show up to the bathroom alone in all his naked glory wasn't enough. He had to go ahead and open his big fat mouth and make it worse. My anger is almost enough to stop me from thinking about all that gorgeous flesh of his on display.He was still large underneath that robe. Seeing how the muscles of his arms flexed when he moved made my heart race. Tracing the beautiful, golden tattoos that covered his form made my mouth water to do it with my tongue. And then his legs came into view. Strong and muscular. I knew that they would be because the top of him is so massive. Hell, the appendage hanging between his legs might as well have been considered to be one. I may not be a virgin but I definitely didn't know that they could come in that size. As the vision comes to mind once more I can feel my nipples tighten and my nether reasons grow moist once more. The chill in t
I can't even describe the want that I feel in my chest as I wait for answer. I just want her to give me a chance and if she is close by that would make it easier. Maybe if I really can't have her as a mate, then I would be happy just to see her every day. Over time the bond could work and I can take the time to change her mind. "You would give me my freedom, even if you will never get what you want?" she asks.With all the hope that I have in my body, I nod my head yes not trusting myself to speak. I have to get her to at least give me a chance if I want to stay a leader to my people. I struggle to swallow as I watch her think it over. The way she nibbles on her bottom lip when she is deep in thought is driving me crazy. I have never been so attracted to someone lips before. I clear my throat knowing that now is not the time for me to have these thoughts.The sound snaps her out of her head and she throws a glare in my direction. With a heavy sigh she turns to face me. "I have a cond