Tanaka’s Return

Moving Again

It’s been two weeks since Lexi and Angel talked to Maverick and his parents. After more discussion, I decided to move in a month so I can say my goodbyes to everyone here. I’m gonna miss this place more than I thought I would. I was expecting conflict with Jax moving with me, but he explained that he doesn’t have to live here to be on the board. I’m glad it all worked out because I don’t want to be without him, but I didn’t want to be the reason he leaves the board. Plus he won’t be able to bring everything he owns, which apparently is a lot. I’ve reached out to Monica to let her know about me relocating so she knows to head to their pack instead of here at the safe house.

“You’re really leaving huh?” My soon to be old roommate says. Her name is Jasmine and she is a muse. A muse is the seventh daughter of the seventh son in a witch household. Muses are responsible for some of the greatest ideas in history. Thanks to her, I have been able to solve a few puzzles in courses I’ve taken here. It also helps that she has a kind and calm spirit, you can’t help but to open up to her.

“Yes Jasmine, my mate has found me so I’ll be moving to his pack.” I explain

“Does he know you’re a dragon?” She asks

“Yes he is aware. Although I don’t know if he has told his pack or not” I answer. I continue to pack things as my mind wanders to his pack. Will they like me? Will they accept me? What if they think having a dragon in their pack is a curse? Lexi said Maverick and his parents are completely ok with everything, his mom is even excited to see me. They never said anything about the pack though.

“Have you gone shopping yet? If not I’m planning on going to the city if you want to join me.” Jasmine suggests

“Shopping for what? I think I have everything I need.” I say

“Shopping for your mate. Something to wear for him…and him only.” She says with a devilish smirk.

It takes me a minute to catch on but when I do my mouth drops and I can feel the heat spreading across my cheeks. “Of course you think of that right now Jas.” I say with an eye roll, “I haven’t even done anything like that with Jax, how would he feel about me doing that for Maverick?” I say

Her eyes get big as saucers at my confession. She immediately closes my door and in a whisper yell she says “YOU WHAT?! It’s been a year already, what’s going on?”

“Nothing, there’s just been so much going on…” I try to explain, I don’t want to tell her my real reason.

“I know you’ve had a lot on your plate but still. How else do you guys get close?” She asks

“There are plenty of ways! We talk about so much and we find fun things to do.” I defend

“s*x is fun too ya know. Have you even done it before?” She c***s her eyebrow and tilts her head to the side. That makes my face get even redder. “Oh my goodness! That explains it!” She almost yells. Can the floor just open up and swallow me now?? “There’s no need to be embarrassed! But honey, you have two mates, it’s bound to happen eventually. And you better hope these little w****s don’t find out. They’d get even more aggressive!” She warns

She does have a point. Jax has a lot of admirers here. Who knows where else they are in this world. And I’m sure it’s the same with Maverick. Maybe I should start researching.

“I know, I just get so nervous when I think about it. What if I make a fool of myself? What if I can’t satisfy him? Or either of them?” I say.

“You were fated to them by the Goddess. It’s nearly impossible for you not to satisfy them.” She says matter-of-factly. “Just stay calm and go with the flow, I’m sure they won’t be turned off by your inexperience, hell it’ll most likely turn them on!” She says.

Before I can say anything else, there is a knock on the door. She opens in and in runs a teary eyed Derek. He’s a three year old warlock. Him and his parents came here after their coven was attacked trying to get to him for his power, he’s the strongest warlock right now and people want him eliminated.

“Sissy you can’t leave me! Who will read me stories and scare the monsters away at night?!” He cries. He is the cutest thing, I’m definitely gonna miss him.

“Oh Derek! I’m so sorry I have to go!” I say as I pull him into my lap,”But I promise I’ll leave a mini me behind that’ll keep you safe from those stinky monsters, ok?”

“Ok..” he sniffles. I wrap him up in a big hug and make a mental note to find a stuffed dragon for him. I can also see if Lexi can do a charm on it to calm him down at night too. “Now let’s get you back to your mommy before she gets worried. Me and Ms. Jazzy have to go get a few things in the city.” I say. I notice Jasmine doing a fist pump behind me through my mirror on my dresser.

“Can I come with you?!” He asks hopefully. I hate telling him no, it’s just too dangerous for him right now.

“I’m sorry but no…I’ll bring you back some ice cream though!” He say

“Yaaaaay! Ice cream!” He happily yells. We drop him off at his parents before heading out. Luckily Jasmine has her own vehicle so we don’t have to do a lot of walking when we get there.

After crossing the border and a small drive we finally make it to a shopping center. Unfortunately the first place this girl drags me to is a lingerie shop. I’m gonna die of embarrassment in here.

“Whyyy Jaz!” I groan. I don’t wanna deal with this right now…

“Oh just give this nice lady your sizes and color preferences, they’ll handle everything else. We will pick it up on our way back.” She explains. I reluctantly give the sales lady all she needs and Jasmine does the same before we head out.

“You’re getting stuff too?” I ask. Last I knew she wasn’t seeing anyone

“Yes. Gotta make sure I have options for if I ever find a second chance mate or a chosen one.” She answers. I hope one day she is comfortable enough to leave the safe house. She arrived shortly after I did. Being a muse isn’t always the best thing, before she came she was being abused and used for her gift to make awful things happen. First it was by her family and coven, they were using her to come up with a way to steal magic from other covens. Then she found her mate who promised to protect her and help make things better, only to turn out to be even worse. We end up at the mall where we hit a few different places. I tried to fight it since I didn’t really have money to go all out like that but she insisted on letting her pay because I need clothes fit for a Luna. Never in a million years did I ever think I would become a Luna. We are just leaving a*****e when shadow suddenly starts going crazy.

“Mate! He’s here Arya! Maverick and Axel are here!” She happily yells. I start looking around to find him. I finally find him in a hallway between stores and I’m definitely not liking what I see. He’s off to the side with some girl in a very heated kiss. She starts pulling him further down the hallway into a room at the end. Shadow starts whimpering and shuts herself off while I can hear Onyx growling. How could he do this? Before I know it, I’m walking down the same hallway to the room she pulled him into, kicking the door off its hinges. I walk in and see the girl is already undressed and in the process of straddling him.

“Who the hell are you?! Don’t you know anything about privacy!” She shrieks. “What’s the point of leaving the pack for privacy if we still can’t get it!”

“Says the i***t that comes to the mall for ‘privacy’.” I spit out. She looks at me full of anger about to say something before Maverick interrupts.

“Arya I can explain, please!” He begs

“Don’t even bother, I’ve seen and heard enough! Did you even bother telling the pack that you found your mate, or am I just not that damn important to you!” I yell back. I can tell that hurt him but I don’t care. He deserves it. On my way out I see the girl giving me an arrogant smile and I can’t help but to kick her in her gut, sending her crashing back through the hallway. I push past him and make my way to Jasmine who is looking worried, trying to find me.

“Where did you run off to?!” She starts to fuss but stops when she sees the tears threatening to fall.

“We need to leave. I just want to go.” I say, trying to fight back the tears. We immediately start heading out of the mall. I hear Maverick calling my name but I ignore him. I should’ve known not to trust him. He’s gonna be just like that man back at my old pack. I refuse to go through that crap. As soon as we get back to the safe house, I’m telling them that I don’t need to move to his pack. There’s no way in hell that’s happening now.