The Alpha and the Dragon Princess

Chapter 8

Xander (POV) (Back to present day)

I shivered at the thought and opened my eyes. I didn't want to see that image of her. My mate. My sweet, beautiful, fragile mate. I didn't want to let her out of my sight. I needed her by my side. My pack needed their Luna.

The only problem was she was human. It was not going to be easy introducing her into my world. My pack was not going to be welcoming. My father in particular. My father and my pack would have to wait. She was my mate first. I needed to win her over. I needed to show her I was her other half. I needed her to love me so she could feel the mate bond.

The moment I smelled her six years ago, I knew she was not just my mate but a human as well. I have spent the last six years learning as much as I can about human mates. Only Teddy and Chunk know that she is my mate. They knew right away she was human. I asked them to keep that information to themselves until I could figure out what to do or at least find her again. They both agreed it would be best to keep that to ourselves, and they have secretly helped me with my research.

I have not found out much. But I did find out, that when a really strong alpha wolf was mated to a human, his wolf would have the strength to awaken his mate's wolf. It was rare and had only ever happened twice.

From what I understood, from what I read. I could not tell my mate who I was. She had to fall in love with me before I could tell her anything about my true identity. Only then would it prove that our mate bond was strong. Apparently, most wolves who are mated to humans reject them right away or the human rejects them when they find out who they are. From all the information I have gathered, there is not a high percentage of wolf and human mates. I was shocked to learn that it was actually less than one percent.

Wolves looked down on humans. They were weaker than us. I also learned that the few wolves who did accept their human mates did not respect the mate bond. They were known to have many affairs.

Jazmine is my mate. I am not like them other alphas and wolves. Our mate bond is strong. I can feel it. And even if it is not strong enough to awaken her wolf, I will still accept her and our bond. I will never turn my back on my mate simply because she is human. As Alpha, it is my job to protect my pack. My Luna will be no different. I will just have to take extra precautions because of how fragile she is. I will have to assign her Luna guard to her a lot sooner. I may need to add a few warriors to her guard as well.

"How do you plan on explaining that to your father?" My wolf laughed.

"I don't have to explain anything to anyone, I'm the Alpha. Besides, I'll worry about that later. Right now my focus needs to be on Jazmine. I don't have a clue how I'm going to talk her into coming to the pack. It was a miracle, I got her to stay in my room tonight."

"That's true." My wolf agreed.

I closed my eyes to try and get a few hours' sleep. But it was no use. I couldn't stop thinking about Jazmine. I needed to see her to know that she was okay. I didn't like the distance between us. I got up and paced around the room. I was driving myself mad thinking about her.

I found myself standing in front of her door. I don't remember walking over here, but here I was. I just needed to see that she was okay. I put my ear to her door to see if I could hear her. Maybe I would be able to hear her soft breaths and know that she was sleeping, then I could just peek in real quick and see that she was okay.

I closed my eyes, so I could concentrate, but I didn't need to. I could hear her sobbing the moment I put my ear to her door. The sound was heartbreaking.

"We need to be there for her." My wolf told me.

"I know, but how?"

I didn't wait for him to answer. I stepped back and softly knocked on her door.

"Yes?" She asked, trying to hold back her sobs.

"Jazmine, are you okay? Can I come in please?"

"I'm fine. Thank you."

"Please let me in. I promise I will stay by the door and be a perfect gentleman." I said, hoping that may get her to trust me enough to open the door. I had no intentions of hurting her, but she didn't know that. I was a stranger to her. I needed to build her trust. I needed to show her that I was someone she could count on. That I would never let any harm come to her. That was going to take time.

I was surprised when the door cracked open.

"You can come in." She said, opening the door wider, then went back to get into her bed.

When I walked in, her scent took my breath away. It was everywhere. It was the sweetest smell I had ever smelt. It reminded me of a crisp morning breeze, filled with the scent of mint and homemade apple pie.

The lights coming in through the big glass window was enough for me to see' Jazmine's puffy eyes and red nose. Her shirt was also covered in her tears. She had definitely been crying.

"Is it okay if I sit?" I asked, motioning to the corner of the bed. She didn't answer, she just shook her head yes.

"Thank you." I said, sitting as close to the edge as I could, not wanting to frighten her.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"I'm fine." she answered, trying to sound stronger than she felt. Even in the dim light, I could see something was wrong.

"You don't look or sound fine." I told her. "Is there any way we can talk about it?" I asked, not sure how to get her to open up to me about what was making her so upset.

"It's nothing. I just have to figure somethings out. I guess I just got a little overwhelmed." she said, giving me a small smile.

"Maybe I can help you with some of it. To help you feel less overwhelmed," I offered.

She looked at me with a confused look, then got up out of bed and walked out of the room, leaving me sitting there confused about what the hell just happened.