The Alpha Dragon’s Prisoner

In For a Landing-Xander

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 changes our form. A growl leaves my chest because he didn't allow me to make sure that the trees beyond the landing pad were clear before changing. I rush over to my robe and wrap it around my body as I survey the area. I finally allow my shoulders to relax seeing that I am in the clear.

"That could have been a close call. Don't do it again" I warn him.

I knew that we were in the clear. I wouldn't betray your trust like that. You are lucky that we are the only golden dragon so they are able to tell when to clear the landing pad.

I don't even bother giving him an answer as I make my way to my cabin. He still shouldn't have don't that. Still mad that someone could have seen us I shove him to the back of my head not even wanting to see his snout. It's not often that I get mad at my dragon and think that he deserves a punishment. I always feel guilty when I push him away because it is his body too. However, he has his own quirks that I don't get in the way of. The least he could do is care about mine.

As I enter my cabin the door slams behind me. Walking over to my kitchen, I open the fridge and down an entire bottle of water. When I turn around I see that someone has taken the liberty and bought me food for dinner. I know that I could always go to the cafeteria and get food like everyone else. I just hate the stares when I do. All the underhanded questions about my needing to shift alone are also the reason that I stopped going.

Deciding that I would rather wait to eat I head to the stairs wanting to shower. Taking a long fight has always made me sweaty afterwards. Having the thought make me think about my mate. That had to have been a long drive that she took on the bus to get here. I wonder if she has had the chance to get a change of clothes and to eat. That probably something that I should have checked. As I take the stairs I decide to link Maximus.

"Was she able to get comfortable in her accommodations" I ask. I try to keep my tone casual so that he doesn't make this mind link last a long time. As my beta I do need to mind link him often. I have over the last few weeks learned that if our mind links are too long that he can get quite annoying.

"Made sure she is good and comfortable in her cabin. Food should've been brought to her too. Now make your directions quick, I was about to be in the middle of something" he grunts.

"You know she is already pregnant right. You might want to give the poor woman a break" I say taunting him. I should already know that he has heard enough of these taunts. Everyone in our clan knows exactly how much he and his mate like each other. Before we all got the hang of the mind link, we were subjected to quite a few of their sessions before we could stop them.

"If you had of taken the time to know your mate before telling her everything to rush the process, you could be in my position. Now since you don't want anything and have almost ruined sexy time with my mate, I will be closing this link."

Somehow the bastard actually makes the link click as if he has just ended a call. The sound has me chuckling to know that I got under his skin.

Do you smell that?

My dragons voice rings through my head. Instead of answering him, I shove him back in my head as I take off my robe. Walking to my room I lay it on my bed before exiting to go to the bathroom in the hall. As the door swings open after a twist of the knob, I am stuck there standing in awe. My body goes hard in an instant as her scent fully hits me. It only gets harder as I stand there unable to take my eyes off the scene before me. Saliva fills my mouth and I grow hungry for much more than food. So, much of her creamy honey flesh is on display that my thoughts are running haywire.

Oh the fates have done us justice.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I boom as I stare at her.

She snaps up from leaning her head back against the tub and screams. I decide to cross my arms over my chest while I wait for an answer. I almost want to laugh as she tries to cover herself up with the little bit of bubbles that are left in the tub before grabbing the towel where she must have left it on top of the sink. As she stands to wrap herself a growl leaves my chest as I get a peek at the small snatch of brown curls between her legs.

I feel some of the tension in my body ease as she wraps a towel around herself while she stares. I can see her eyes flickering all over my form almost as if she is touching me everywhere. Her gaze is heated and the smell of her scent in the air causes my balls to tighten. I can't help but to lick my lips at the thought of tasting her. She would be f*****g perfect on the tip of my tongue.

When her eyes flow down to my legs I watch as they almost bug out of her head. The thought she must have causes me to smirk. I lean against the doorway and relax my stance. From her scent in the air and the redness on her cheeks, I can see that she finds me attractive. Looks like I just may be able to use this to my advantage.

See, I told you that others wouldn't mind our tattoos. It looks like our mate really likes them.

That very comment from my dragon has all the confidence I found leaving my body as I hightail it back to my room in record speed. Even hearing the sound of her squeak from what must be a very impressive view of my back side doesn't make me turn back around. I walk into my room so fast that the door boomerangs against the wall as I push it open. I nearly rip the robe getting it off the hanger as I try to put it on so fast.

We should have stayed and talked to her. We were making headway.

I growl angrily as I finally tie the robe over my naked form. "Why the hell didn't you tell me she was here?" I growl at him.

Hey, I tried to ask you if you smelled something. It's not my fault you shoved me away like an intolerable child and decided to stomp your way up the stairs without using your natural born senses.

Before I can even respond I hear tiny angry steps heading in my direction. Just as she walks into my room I whirl around to see her stomping angrily toward me. She is still wrapped in a towel and her wet hair cascades down her back. I can still see droplets of water on her eyelashes as she points a finger into my chest.

"How dare you just march into the bathroom where I am. And for you to show up naked. You think that just because I have seen all that you have to offer that I would just jumped to become your breeder. Well, if you think just being attractive is going to get me going, then you have another thing coming" she bellows.

"Wait, you think I'm attractive?" I blurt out. This is apparently the wrong thing to say.

Oh s**t, you've done it now.

"Out of everything I said that would be what you choose to focus on. Do you have any common sense or any sense of human...." She is still yelling but I can't take not touching her anymore.

Before, she can finish yelling at me, I have yanked her into my arms and pushed my nose into her neck. I feel her freeze beneath me as I take a long inhale of her delicious scent. I have no idea why but I can't seem to help also nuzzling my nose into her neck needing our scents to mix somehow. Just as soon as finish inhaling her sweet scent and feel my shoulders start to relax, she is shoving me away.

For the moment I look at her bewildered. Two seconds later the palm of her hand is slapping me across the face. to stunned to say anything I stare after her as she runs out of my room. Her door slams seconds later and I am still unable to move. What the hell just happened.

Let's see. You just violated our mates privacy. When she came to tell you off about it, you didn't apologize. Instead you half listened to her and only heard what you wanted to hear. Oh, yeah and you also initiated physical contact with her when she was mad, instead of apologizing. This has to be a record.

I can't even get irritated as he rolls on the floor in my mind laughing at me. I get even more confused by what he says. My face must show it because he only chooses to laugh harder. That situation couldn't have gone as bad as he says. As I have the thought I know that I am wrong. Just the sound of the door slamming causes me to flinch. Either I really pissed her off or I somehow hurt her. Damn, it could be both too. Man, this means I'm going to have to apologize if I ever want her to leave that room.

Oh, poor human. He has to tell another human he is sorry. You do know that apologizing is not the end of the world right. Making our mate feel better could actually be the beginning. Especially when we were the ones to cause her pain.

With that thought in my mind I exit my room. I peek my head out the hallway and see that her door is still closed. I can still hear her heartbeat and smell her so I know she is still in there. I walk to her door and my fist freezes as I go to knock. What the hell am I supposed to say to fix this I think. Before I can truly think about it, her door swings open.