His Breath of Fire

Chapter Six

    I tense at the sound of that voice.  It’s deep, but smooth, seemingly wrapping itself around me and pulling me in.  God, can a voice really sound that sexy?  The smell of oak and rain hits my nose and my wolf and dragon start chanting Mate again.  Ugh.  Turning, I glance over my shoulder at Easton, taking in his tall, muscular form, his black hair, and hazel eyes.  I could get lost in his gaze forever but I need to get a grip.  “Yeah, I’m not feeling too well.”

    “We have a pack doctor here, they can look you over to make sure you’re okay,” Easton offers, and I shake my head and smile at him.

    “I appreciate the offer but I think it’s something that just needs to be slept off,” I say, turning back to my mother.

    “Will you be okay by yourself?” She asks, fear spiking through her tone at the thought of my father coming and taking me while she’s away.

    “I will be,” I say out loud but say in our link, I’ll put up a spell to hide the house and my scent.

    My mother nods her head knowing that’s the best we could do right now.  “Will you go to school tomorrow?”

    “I’ll see how I feel in the morning.  If I don’t feel better could you call it in for me?”

    “Of course,” she smiles at me.

    “Third day in and you’re already missing school?” Easton questions, drawing attention back to him.

    “If my memory serves me right, you haven’t been there at all yet,” I say, quirking an eyebrow at him.  I’m pissed at him regardless if he’s my mate.  Blaidd and Blaise are huffing at me, annoyed that I’m giving our mate a hard time but I push them to the back of my mind. “Not really one to talk, huh?”

    Bren, my mother scolds and I close my eyes.  “I apologize, I’m not feeling well and it’s affecting my speech.”

    “All is forgiven,” Easton forgives, flashing me a megawatt smile.  I feel my stomach clench at the sight and I have a feeling he knows there’s something between us.  I was planning on avoiding him all night, but now that he’s here, he can tell that I don’t have a scent which is probably confusing him.  His wolf is probably going crazy too, like Blaidd is going insane in my head, but without the scent or touch he can’t know for sure if I am indeed his mate.  I can’t deal with this right now. “My name is Easton, by the way.”

    “Bren,” I answer, though I know he already knows.

    “I’ll walk you out.”

    “No need,” my mother soothes, and I could kiss her for coming to my rescue.  “I’ll walk her out.”  Easton nodded, and looked like he wanted to say something but thought against it.  I know that wasn’t the brightest of first meetings, but I need to figure out what to do with him before anything else.

    My mother and I walked out of the building, and I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye.  “Where will we live?”

    “Paul wants us to move here, and I agree with him, but what do you think?”

    “Can I stay at the house?”

    “Want to avoid him that bad?”

    “Just until I figure out what I feel.”

    “For tonight I’m okay with it, but we do need to think of your safety,” she said, saying without words that she’s worried about my father.  I know that if she hadn’t met Paul, in a little over two months we would be packing up again and finding a new place to live.  I don’t think that he will find me so soon, so I think I’ll be fine for tonight.  “Will you be by tomorrow?”

    “Yeah, I’ll come and see you tomorrow and maybe get a tour of the grounds too.”

    “Okay, I think we’ll be ready by ten tomorrow,” I smirk, knowing she thinks she’ll get lucky again in the morning.  “I’ll just call tomorrow morning that you won’t be at school.”

    I nod, then say, “Have fun tonight,” I smirk, pulling her into a hug, “But not too much.”

    My mother laughs before kissing my forehead.  To the outside world it looked like a mother kissing her daughter goodbye.  However, I knew that she was loaning me some of her powers so I can activate the spell.  Hiding my scent was draining my power so she was giving me some in order to ensure my safety.  I would feel bad, however she’ll get it back after her and Paul—nope.  Not going down that path.

    Waving to my mother, I walk away from her and towards my car.  I drive away, and once I’m a good distance from the pack house I start the spell.  I hid my and the car’s scent, erasing it from the packhouse so that no one will find out where we live, except Paul since he already knows where we live.  Once I pull into the driveway, I put a protective and invisible bubble surrounding the house making it invisible to anyone driving by.  The neighbors will forget that there’s a house here, and instead of seeing the house, the lot will be just empty forest.  It’ll be back to normal tomorrow night, but for now, this gives my mother peace of mind knowing no one will find the house so she can enjoy her first night with her mate.

    I hope they're being careful because I don’t want a little sibling.  The possibility is high seeing as my mother is still technically young.  Werewolves and dragons age slower than humans, but dragons age even slower than wolves.  To the outside world my mother is only about thirty, even though her real age is around forty-five.  My mother is still capable of bearing children, and seeing that both werewolves and dragons have high s*x drives, they may be pregnant within a few months.  Having s*x with a dragon is highly addictive, so, I’m sure they’ll be pregnant very soon.

    Because dragons are going extinct, Tiamat helped the remaining dragons have a higher s*x drive and made s*x addictive in order to help create more spawns.  Female dragons are pregnant five months, rather than the human’s nine and the wolf’s six.  That way the female is ready to have more sooner than other species.  Female dragons are even more rare than male dragons so Tiamat would typically assign more than one male dragon mate to one female mate.  Dragons are just as possessive as wolves, however they understand the mate bond with multiple males and are okay with sharing a female.

    The thought of having more dragon-wolf hybrids is exciting.  It’s an incredibly lonely world to live in where you’re the only one known.  Despite the age difference, I could help the pup understand the world better.  As much as I hate being the guinea pig, I’d gladly help the younger ones understand the world better from a hybrid point of view, and there’s safety in numbers.

    My mind wanders back to Easton and I wonder what to do with him.  I’ve already decided I’m going to keep my distance and not let him touch me.  I can’t hide my scent from him forever, but the most surefire way of knowing if you’ve found your mate is through touch.  As long as I avoid touching him he can’t claim me as a mate until he confirms it with his touch, which is fine with me.  At least until I can trust him with my secret and until my heart mends from his betrayal.

    I’ve waited for my mate, deciding that I wasn’t going to meddle with relationships until I found them.  There’s something beautiful about experiencing all your firsts with your mate, and now that wouldn’t be the same knowing that Easton has had a relationship with someone else.  Blaidd whimpered in pain and Blaise huffed smoke at the thought of that blonde bimbo.  Oh well, I can figure the rest out tomorrow.