The dragon within

25

             ~Leon~

   Thump thump thump... thump thump thump. I wake up to someone banging on my door. Thump thump thump. I groan but push myself off the bed. I don't want them waking Joslin up seeing as how she's carrying our child and is only been 2 days since everything has happened in store she's exhausted. My feet hit the cool hardwood floor and I wake up a little quicker. I have my hand on the doorknob when the annoying timing comes again. I yank the door open with the first thump and Alex is standing there. It's complete silence and we're just staring at each other for a few seconds. He can sense my annoyance so he clears his throat trying to clear the air. 

   "I do apologize for waking you but there's two men who's wanting to talk to you about an income for the pack." He says. My heart leaps at hearing this hopefully this is our big break. 

   "Very good Alex. Bring them up to our foyer and give us about 30 minutes I'm sure our Luna will want to be there for us." Alex bows his head and backs away to do as I ask. I go to the bed and I hate to wake her up but I know she wouldn't forgive me if I made a decision like this on my own. She's curled up in a ball on her side with the covers wrapped all the way up her chest with her arm holding on to them with a death grip. Her blonde hair is fanned out around her almost like a halo. Her sun kissed skin is glowing in the morning sun. 

   I sit on the side of the bed causing it to dipand she stirs a little but settles back down. I press my lips to her shoulder leaving soft gentle kisses all over the little skin that's exposed.  She let's out a soft moan and you can tell she's in-between being conscious and still asleep so I move my lips up her neck finding her mouth. In the process of me finding my way to her lips it seems she's fully awake and she surprises me by locking her lips to mine. 

   I quickly recover from the shock though and deepen the kiss. She really is delicious. I feel her hand tangle in my hair and I know if I don't stop this now we won't be leaving this room any time soon. I pull away and the look on her face was breathe taking. She had her eyes closed abs her lips swollen. When she opened her eyes they were so deep but then it was replaced with a pout.i couldn't hold it in I let a little chuckle escape and said "I'm sorry love but if I didn't stop we wouldn't leave this room"

   "And why would that be a problem?" She asks looking at me. 

   "Well there are a few people here to discuss a solution to the packs financial issue." And that was all I needed to say. 

   "Oh what time will they be here? " She asks. I start rubbing the back of my head realizing I may not have given her much time. "Ehhahh... 20 minutes now give or take?" I say. I think it took a minute for what I said to sink in because her reaction was slow motion. Her eyes got big and the smile she had was fading fast.

   "Why didn't you wake me up sooner!?!" She starts fumbling around to get in the shower. I tried to say something but she put her hand up letting me know she didn't have time for me. While she was in the shower I just freshened up by waking my face, putting deodorant on and bridging my teeth. I went to the closet and tried to find the nicest pair of clothes I could find. I was an omega my whole life and now the shops are closed till the pack is back up and running so I dig out a pair of blue jeans with it holes, my nice pair of work boots and I had a mauve polo shirt that I wore. I looked more like I was going to a Sunday dinner but this would have to do. I sit on the bed waiting for Joslin. We were cutting it close when she walks out of the bathroom in her black dress as she's slipping on her sage jacket.

She smiled at me letting me know she was ready. She wrapped her arm arm mine and we were out the door. We were walking down the hall the and we come into the foyer seeing two older men. The first one was tall and skinny with salt and paper hair pulled back into a pony tail and he has a goatee that screamed southern hospitality with piercing ice blue eyesin a black pin stripped suit with a blue tie. The other man was a complete opposite; short and stocky his head was so bald it looked like a cue ball. He wore a grey suit with a black shirt and black tie. He had thin lips and looked like he was on the verge of a heartattack soon from high blood pressure with light brown eyes.  When they smiled at me to shake my hand they had a firm hand grip but not too firm. 

   "Ah you must be Alpha and Luna I presume?" They ask and the tall man won't take his eyes off Joslin. I growl at the disrespect and the old man changes his tune. 

   "I do apologize" says the old man "I have heard many tell me of the Luna and her captivating beauty but never have I seen her first hand." I step in front of her not liking his tone. He puts his hands up in surrender. I'm beginning to think this maybe a bad idea. 

   "Please let us have a seat" I say trying to change the subject. They both sit on the couch and I sit across from them in the love seat and pull Joslin on my lap. She puts an arm around my neck and starts petting the back of my head. And she put her other hand in her lap leaning against the arm of the love seat. I think she felt the tension but I stayed calming down with her contact. 

   "So gentleman shall we get down to business?" Joslin starts talking "I am Joslin Luna of silver moon pack and this is our Alpha Leon. Can we start with formalities?" 

   The tall one starts trying to make it sound like he's in charge but you can tell they are covering for one another. "If we are to do any business I need complete honesty from all parties." Says my mate. I'm quite surprised you'd never had known what she's been through but I can't help but smirk seeing the look on their faces. They knew they were caught red handed. 

   The short one clears his throat and he has an Italian accent. "Ok ya caught us." He pauses for a minute "I've came to offer a proposal. I have a factory dat boardas your property. It's just sitting dar going to waste. I will give dis to you as a gift. You can start using it today if you agree to our terms. It used to be an old car factory still has da machines and all da setups." Now things are getting interesting. 

   "What are your terms?" Joslin asks.