Chapter 5 - Kaelin

I walk her up two flights of stairs to my personal room, the young Phoenix shifter fast asleep in my arms, as naked as the day she was born, but she was Absolutely perfect, from the freckle on a hip to the small spot that appeared on her forehead. I would be proud to call her mine, but something tells me she doesn't feel the way that we do, that she doesn't know what the bond is. whilst I have no problem teaching her, I'm not sure the others would feel the same way they have never been as patient as I am. I know that most of them decided a long time ago that they didn't want to Mate, Leaving me with the task of trying to convince them.

I wish they would see it as I do, she is a gift sent was from the gods, a perfect firebird, to match our fiery moods, perhaps she could put a few of us in our place. I could already tell that she had spirit, though there was something very deep within her, and I could tell she had a troubled past. someone is harmed our little phoenix and I wanted to know who, I wanted them to feel worse than what they did to her whatever it was,

I placed her down gently into the bed and cover her up, watching the soft rise and fall as she breathes, I can't get over her beauty, how perfect she is. how she will fit in perfectly with us.If they accept her, I will treat her like the goddess she is, give her everything she wants in return for her compassion, in return for her love. I placed a gentle kiss on her forehead and turned to leave, the action harder than I would have thought, my dragon didn't want to be away from her, he was staring in my mind, marvelling in her.

normally my dragon takes no notice of anyone, he is always so disinterested with the world, unless it comes to a fight, but with Harry was already enthralled, wanting to know more, wanting to be near her.

“Hurry Kaelin, they are already fighting.” Maddox tells me through mind-link just as I shut the door, his tone annoyed and yet unsure.

“I am on route.” I respond before cutting the link, I didn’t want anyone of them knowing my feelings on the matter, not yet.

I enter the meeting room to Silas pinning Maddox against the book shelf, Maddox looking bored and detached, something they pissed my fellow dragon king off more. “How can you say that! You know the risks of taking a mate! We should have let her reject us!” Silas bellows.

“And if I had let her you would have never forgiven me.” Maddox laughs, knowing that our brother is being stupid. “We only get once chance at a mate, once chance to have children, I’m not throwing it away because you’re afraid of the risk.”

Silas huffs, tightening his grip. “I’m not afraid, I’m the only one seeing sense.”

“You are the only one who disagrees.” Gabriel interjects, a small smile in the edges of his lips. “The only one too stupid to see the benefit in this.”

“Benefit!?” Silas yells, “she’s here for five goddamn minutes and she’s all I can think about! It’s disgraceful.”

“It’s fate.” I say, letting them all know I was here, my voice cool and calm. “The gods have given us the one creature that could handle us, she is a treasure. We are meant to protect and love her.”

“Not you as well!” Silas whines, “can’t you see she’s poison?”

“What does your dragon say?” Asks Maddox, knowing that if his dragon has decided on her their would be no going back.

“He wants her more than he wants to murder you.” Replied Silas in an almost defeated tone. “Can’t you see this is a problem? My dragon has never been anything but cruel and now he wants a woman, it’s the only thing we’ve ever agreed on.”

“Then why are you so against this?” Gabriel frowns.

“She has tried to reject us once already.” Silas finally admits, his shoulder slumping as he releases his hold on Maddox, “without even giving us a chance.”

I smile, “So you are afraid.”

“This is no time for jokes.” Maddox scorns me before turning to our brother. “Perhaps she has the same worries, it sounds as though she had good reason to believe we would harm her. She may be protecting herself.”

Gabriel rubs his chin, “she barley seemed to be affected at all.”

“Maybe her Phoenix was protecting her from the pain.” I interject, receiving various nods in return. “We have to talk to her, see where we stand.”

“I can’t wait while morning.” Silas whines, sounding like a child.

“We don’t have a choice.” Gabriel sighs.

“I agree.” I say, “we can’t force her into anything, it had to be her choice.”

“I won’t allow her to reject us.” Maddox growls, his eyes changing slightly to show his dragon is near. “I will tie her down and lock her here until she agrees to be ours.”

“Agreed.” Silas and Gabriel say together, though I am unsure.

“What if she does refuse?” I ask, “will we keep her with us regardless? Make her our prisoner ?”

“Would you rather we let her go?” Scowls Maddox.

“If she leaves we will never see her again, I saw it in her eyes.” Silas frowns, sadness coating his voice.

“Then we can’t allow that to happen.” Gabriel nods, “my dragons would kill her before allowing her to leave.”

I frown, not liking the plan that they were deciding on without me, What they were talking about was wrong, we can't keep her prisoner. she doesn't want us that is her choice, how can we force her to stay? could we be that type, could we hurt her should it be needed? I doubted we could, but I also didn't want her to leave. I didn't think I would be able to go on without her, A mate  is a dangerous thing is a dangerous thing, they can brake you with simple words, betray you worse than anyone else. But they can also be the best thing to ever happen to a shifter, they can be perfect and loving. Everyone you would want.

Unfortunately I have to agree, “then that is what we must do, for us and her.”

“Be prepared all of you, if we have to use force. Then we must.” Silas says, “if we lose her now it will weaken us all.”

Gabriel pinches the bridge of his nose. “Then we do what we have to, we must convince her.”

I nod, but my heart begins to hurt. “We only use force if there is no alternative.”

They all nod.

We will have you little mate, no matter how much you fight us, we will have you.