Chapter 13: Chapter 13

Damn. Nothing has ever felt this good. She fits my tall frame perfectly. It’s like she was made to be cradled by me. Everywhere that her body touches mine has erupted in tingles. My body feels like a live wire, and I don’t quite know what to do with the feeling. My fingers are wiggling, and I want to lay them on her. I just don’t know where to touch. She is so small compared to me that I’m afraid that with all the energy I feel I might hurt her. She moves just the smallest wiggle and I have to bite my lip to stop the grown from leaving my lips.

“I don’t know if this was a promising idea man” I tell my dragon.

Stop being a pussy. She’s touching us right. Just enjoy it. I know I am.

Trying to find something to distract myself I suddenly remember that we are playing a game. I quickly remind her of it. her body shakes in laughter, and I can’t help but to join her. With the way she feels against me I really don’t care if we never talk again. As long as she doesn’t move I think I can die happy.

We can die happy. Since you keep forgetting about me, you can go first. She already likes me better anyways.

“Yeah I wouldn’t be too sure about that. You remember what she said earlier. She saw you that day. She may not be to kind to you if she were to remember” I remind him. I feel as his body goes rigid as he rolls around. When he stops I know that what I just said wasn’t right. I go to apologize to him but instead she speaks her next question.

“So, do all guards get this much time off, or are you something special” she ask through her smile. I look down only seeing just her hair. I would love it if she were to look up so that I could see her eyes. Instead I settle for breathing in her scent this close to me. I can smell nothing but her and for the moment I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Ha-ha special. If you’re special then I’m the fucking golden boy.

A chuckle leaves my lips as I answer. “No, normally our shifts are pretty long. We work for seventy-two hours and then get forty-eight off. As the lead guard I usually work at some point each day” I say. At the sound of my breath she relaxes more into me. unable to help myself I close my eyes as I lean my head against the arm rest.

“What about you? How would you normally spend your day?” I question her.

“Well, normally at this time I would be leaving the news station. Most of the stories I do can be reported over email or a phone call. My days are spent behind a desk. In the evening if I don’t see my best friend Julia or out on a date, then I hang at home” she says.

Mine

Before I can stop it a growl leaves my chest at the thought of her being out with another man. If I have anything to say about it, then she won’t be going home to have any more dates. “These dates. Do you uh…go on them often?” I ask unable to leave it alone.

She chuckles and my eyes snap open. I have a feeling that I’m not going to like her answer. “Easy there Mr. Grumpy Pants. Most of the ones I have been on haven’t gone that well. After all, here I am at the age of twenty-four and still single” she says. It’s hard to identify the tone of voice she uses but if I had to say, I don’t think she likes the fact that she is still single. “Have you ever thought about going on a date” she ask as she brings her head up to meet my gaze.

I can feel myself frown at the thought. Taking someone on a date has never crossed my mind. Most of my thoughts when it comes to women have been completely platonic. Well, except for the few thoughts I have had about Magma. Even then however, I never thought of taking her out.

As I search her gaze I get a hopeful feeling. Maybe she is asking because she wants to go on a date with me. I wouldn’t even know where to start. I don’t even know what people do on dates. Shit. I’m probably going to fuck this up.

Knowing you, you would definitely fuck this up. You can barely remember to feed yourself let alone her. But that okay I can just go on the dates for you. I can romance the little lady.

“Over my dead body” I growl to him. When I feel her flinch I realize that I just blurted that out instead of answering her question. “No…uh….that wasn’t to you Em. I was talking to my dragon” I find my hands rubbing against her arms trying to bring her back to the relaxed state she was in. I don’t like how her entire body has stiffened against me.

Told you so. You are fucking it up. Tell her she’s beautiful. Compliments will work to fix this.

“Your beautiful” I blurt as she continues to stare at me. She raises one of her eyebrows at me as a nice blush spread across her cheeks. I realize that I kind of shouted that in pure panic and am mortified right now. This is so not going how I thought it would. “I would love to take you out. We could get food. Oh or go for a walk. Maybe have a picnic” I rush to say as my voice gets continuously lower as I lose confidence.

Do you know anything about dates besides eating. Humans do more than get food dumbass.

At my rambling she is biting her lip. I can see the edges of her lips curled up and it almost looks like she is trying to keep herself from laughing. I press my lips together tightly to stop more bullshit from coming out of my mouth. The moment is so awkward right now that I have no idea how to fix it. I should have never listened to my dragon.

I break my gaze away from her and look around the room. I try to find something else that we can talk about, but I think the heat is getting to me. The word vomit I spewed is on replay in my head and I feel small like I’m under a microscope.

“I think I would like that. To go on a date with you I mean” I look back into her eyes and feel my face break into a grin.

“Really?” I ask as I search her gaze. When she nods it’s so hard to describe the feeling that comes over me but then my dragon has to go ahead and ruin it.

Told you she would like my compliment. This proves that I should be the one to date her. She needs Casanova not Pee Wee Herman.

I nearly growl at him but settle for ignoring him. The last time I talked to him didn’t go to well. This situation just got salvaged and I don’t want to ruin it.

“Can I ask you something?” she says quietly as she settles back down. With a sigh of relief I settle back into the cushions.

“Yeah” I answer in return.

“How come you haven’t been in your dragon form for so long?” She says lowly. My entire body tenses at her question. She must feel it and decides to speak once more. “I only ask because there have been a lot of sightings in this area. If others are still shifting, I’m just wondering why you haven’t” she continued.

“Pass” I say through gritted teeth. She meets my gaze and jerks at what she sees. I know that my face is contorted in anger and most likely I look really pissed right now.

You would have to tell her eventually. She cannot stay in the dark forever.

“I would think that that is an easy one to answer. Does this have to deal with the topics you warned me about not being able to talk about?” she wonders aloud.

“Pass” I say once more knowing that I can’t give her an explanation. When I utter the word once more a hurt expression crosses her face. I would give anything in this moment to wipe it away and to bring back her smile. However, I know that she can never know what I have done. What my beast has done.

Yeah keep blaming me why don’t you. You didn’t want to kill him or anything. It was only the big bad dragon.

“Fine, well in this case I guess this means that you get a dare” she says sitting up completely. Immediately I miss her warmth and all the tingles that her touch brought to my skin. I stare at her from this angle. Her hair is in disarray and unrestrained. Another button has come a loose from her top. Her bottom lip is darker as if she has been biting it this whole conversation. She looks like a wild, untamable beauty. My heart pangs in my chest as I gaze at her.

“Okay, Maximus. I dare you…….to let me meet your dragon” she says as she meets my gaze dead on.

I feel as my head starts to shake no. Panic is rising in my body and I feel as I start to shake all over. My breathing saws in and out of my chest as a monumental roar echo in my head. I scrunch my fingers into my hair pulling it to try to stop the pain as I fight.

You have to let me out. She is asking for me. She wants ME. Let me out.

“Noooo” I scream. At this point I don’t even know if I am taking to her or my dragon.

My body thrashes on the couch as my eyes fly around the room searching for something to stop him. His growl reverberates through my chest, and I feel my skin tighten as my body expands. Throwing up a shield in my mind I try to push him back as he comes rushing forward. I watch as she falls off the couch onto the floor and scrambles to the other side of the room.

“Get out!” I roar at her. She needs to go. As he shatters the first shield I feel my talons unsheathe form my fingers as my arms burn. Throwing myself to the floor I crouch down trying to hold him in while she hesitates eyeing the door.

“Do Not Leave Me!!” he roars at her.

“You can’t do this. I won’t allow you to hurt our mate. You are not coming out EVER!”

I yell at him in my mind. I toss up a shield once more and my fear spikes. I can feel how weak it is and I know that it will only take moments for him to break through.

“RUN!!” I scream at her in my voice as I rise to stand. I don’t even have a chance to see if she makes it after I make the decision. In a split second I send my body flying through the ether away from our mate.

No. you take us back. She wants me. I will have her. SHE is Mine!!!

As the kaleidoscope of colors fly by I realize that we have no destination. My body is a blur of particles, and the pain has disappeared. The anger of my beast fills every cell that I feel as my mind weakens. I know I won’t be able to keep this up for long. As my eyes close against the strain from the fight, there is only one thought in my mind. At least I got to save my mate one last time.