Chapter 4 - Kaelin

I could have I believe that the moment I saw her, with her red hair and amber eyes, she was barely 5 foot 4 and yet she had so much fight in her. I wouldn't put it past her to take us all on, if she was given the chance, she seems so strong, even now as her skin glows with fury, I'm pleased that she is mine. that she is all of ours.I couldn't wait to see her other form, to see just how strong she was, it excited me. Her name is like a song to my ears and whilst I was mad at Maddox, I knew why he had found that fireball, I would have done the same if my reaction time was just as fast. we didn't want her to reject us, we wanted her to be with us, we wanted our mate.

It was Silas who spoke, his voice cold and harsh, though I agreed with him. “Don’t every try that again, Fraya. We don’t take reflection lightly.”

“You can stuff your feelings where the sun doesn’t shine!” She shouts, her skin darkening with each word.

That's when I realised that she was about to shift, that we would see her other form for the first time all because we made her angry, We had taken her to a point where she couldn't control the shift. Where her body was taking over and the other part of her wanted out, the site was breathtaking, her skin being swapped for feathers, each one the colour fire. she was much larger than I would have thought, her red eyes staring back, daring us to make a move against her. but none of did, We simply watched her in awe. Dumb struck by her beauty.

none of us knew how to react, how to calm down this hotheaded beauty, none of us knew how to react to her other form, a most elegant and dangerous Phoenix, just as she had said. Our made didn't lie to us, she was the last Phoenix, the only one left of her kind. And she was ours and ours alone. We would never allow her to reject us, she must accept us all, for who we are, and we will do the same for her. 

we love her already, or at least I do, I have been saving myself for over one hundred of my three hundred years searching for her, searching for the woman who was made only for us.

I wasn't disappointed, she was perfect, so fierce and strong. "Calm down my love, we knew that if you were telling the truth the fire wouldn't hurt you. I say, keeping my voice soft and even.

maddox followed my lead, his arms stretched out in front of him, his eyes wide with awe, "that's right Fraya, we knew you would be fine."

"calm down my sweet Pheonix, We are not going to hurt you!" I say just as softly, wanting desperately to run my hands through her red feathers. 

silas sighed slightly, his eyes locked onto our wonderful mate, her amber eyes bright with an fury that we had started, we all wanted nothing more than for her to calm down before she hurt herself, already protective and wanting what is best. 

"we all need to think this through, we said we didn't want a mate, that we weren't going to create anymore high level dragons shifters." Gabriel snaps on our minds, using the link that binds us all together. "You all know it would be more dangerous to have Cubs than not."

"I never wanted a mate." Silas admitted, causing both me and Maddox to growl in anger. "Not until I met this woman."

"she seems nervous." Maddox whispers to us and we all turn to look at Fraya, her eyes wide with fear. "Does she know how to shift back?"

"doesn't seem that way." Agrees Gabriel.

"Can we help her?" I ask, hopeful that their is something we can do.

she squarks and we all jump, realising for the first time how clumsily she's moving, how she doesn't seem one with her other form. She flaps her wings and shakes a few times, some feathers detaching and falling to the floor.

"we need to calm her down before she burns the whole place to the ground." Maddox chuckles, though we can all tell he's somewhat nervous. 

"Hey sweetness...." coos Silas, using a softer voice that I have never heard before, "we need you to breath with us ok? In .... " he pauses waiting for a sign she's listening, when her chest rises and she locks eyes with hun. "Now out slowly... then again... in .... and out."

I watch Silas with a smile on my face, he's never been one for being patient, but now I can see what a good mate he will make for her, how good we'll all be for her. She seemed so fragile when I pulled her from the car wreck, and maybe she was. But I know for certain that with us she will heal from whatever haunts her, I just need to find out what it is. We need to gain her trust.

"that's it." Gabriel says, mimicking the voice that Silas is using. "Now think of your human form, imagine it clearly in your mind."

"then we want you to reach for it, reach long and hard. Feel what it's like to be human, understand it." Maddox adds.

I step forward, holding out my hands, showing that I'm not a threat. "Then pull that form towards you, make yourself one with it."

we watch her for a few seconds and nothing happens, so she soon begins to panic once more, her feathers ruffled and on edge.

"breath sweetness." Silas says again, "you can do this we are all here."

more seconds pass, but eventually we see her form beginning to change, her human side once again taking over, and she is a site to see. As always, after any shift, she is completely naked. Her curves situated in al the right places and her breast a good size, not small but not a waste either, the perfect shape for my hand. She has freckles dotted around her in various places and her eyes burn with fear as she looks at us. Something I never want to see again. 

she collaspes to the ground before anyone can move to stop it, her head making a soft thudding sound against the carpet, I frown before rushing to her side and lifting her into my arms. Her chest rising and falling softly, letting me know she's alright. 

"I'm going to take her to my room, any objections?" I ask, though I already know I'd ignore them.

"no." Silas sighs, "but come straight back, we need to discuss this, we can't rush anything." 

"agreed." I say, and Grabiel and Maddox nod. 

clearly we are all on the same page mindwise, but I already know that my heart wants her, and so does my dragon.