"Who is injured? Is everything all rig.......? You brought a human here!!" Maximus bellows loudly.
"What were you thinking. Take him away. We don't need the trouble and you know Xander can have your head for this" he shifts on his feet as he yells staring daggers at the man. "He is injured I need to take him to doc. Would you help me get him there and I promise I will explain" I ask. Maximus still stands there scowling at me. In our brief talk I can hear the humans heartbeat start to slow even more. He is losing too much blood and I don't have the time for this. I grab the arm of the man and heft as much of his weight as I can lift onto myself. I grunt underneath the strain as I start to carry him to show Maximus that he will not sway me. He would know that I would never do anything that could cause our village harm. We have both been here since we were kids. "I really hope you know what you are doing. You may control the fires of the forest, but this is one fire you won't be able to put out" he murmurs taking the man from me completely. As I watch him lift the man over his shoulders I feel a since like I lost something run through my body. I shake the emotion away feeling silly about for someone I barely know. With my hands now free. I untie the sack from calf and quickly pull my clothing free. I rush to put on the robe as we walk covering my nakedness. While we are all used to seeing each other without clothes it is a well-known rule that one must be dressed when walking through the village. I wanted to be the one to carry him. I seem to feel a strange responsibility towards this human. I tell myself that he needs our help because it could be my job on the line if he doesn't return back to work. All smokejumpers need a captain to follow after all even if he isn't from my station. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. He will belong to us soon whether we accept it or not. My dragon says. He is human. He doesn't belong to us, and he never will. We just need to help him get better so that he can leave. I try to explain to her. I sigh audible as she turns her back on me. In the clinic Maximus places the man onto the examination table just as the doctor is running through the door. "I hear we have a trauma case in today. What have you done to injure yourself now Magma" Dr. Frost says with a frown. "It is not me who is injured. I need you to fix this human." I say as she comes over to examine him. "He has second and third degree burns from what I can tell. He also appears to be suffering from heat exhaustion, dehydration, smoke inhalation and he is bleeding from his leg heavily." She raises a hand in the air stopping me from giving her my assessment of his needs. She listens to his heart and lungs with a stethoscope. She listens for what feels like forever and her expression gives nothing away. She pulls away from him with a frown on her face. "If you know where he comes from I would call his people. There is nothing that we can do to heal him. His heart is failing and one of his lungs sounds like it may soon collapse. I am sorry Magma but there is nothing I can do." She says placing a hand on my arm. Noooooo! He is mine. He will not die today. She can save him! You can save him doc. You know what you have to do." I say as I stop her from leaving the room. She lowers her head to the ground, and I see her shoulders sag. "There is nothing I can do Magma. You know the rules. We are never to use it on a human. I will leave you to say your goodbyes. Maximus has stood there off to the side watching our entire exchange. His eyebrows are drawn together as he stares at me. "You know she is right dear sister. We do not break our vows for the humans. Doing so would only bring destruction to us. You must let the human die. I will return later to help you take his body to his people." He says. I look at him with all the rage I feel. Of course, his voice sounds sincere but as usual his expression lies blank on his face. Normally I find his statue demeanor comforting but today it just makes me want to smash in his face. I turn my back on him and look at my human. There is nothing we can do Drakaina. We cannot break our vows unless we want to lose our home. One human isn't worth that. I inform her as I look at his aura slowly fading away. You do not understand. We must save him. You see his aura. He belongs to us! She demands inside my head. No, he doesn't. we do not even know his name. he means nothing to us! I scream. I hunch over as I feel my bones begin to break as if she will shift in the room. I pant trying to get air to calm her. She has never tried to force a shift since our first. I have no idea what has gotten into her. You will save him. He belongs to us. You will save our mate! NOW!! She roars. My mate. This is my mate. As the thought runs through my mind I feel my Drakaina take pause as I process. I run over to the supple cabinet and rummage through searching for a needle. I quickly grab one and rush back to his side. There is only a little bit of his silver aura left surrounded the pinkish hew. He doesn't have much time left. I poke the needle into the crook of my elbow and meet my skins resistance. Make our skin vulnerable for a few minutes. If we want to save him I need to get blood. I tell her Done! Now hurry! She informs me. The needle slips into my skin and I tap a vein watching the luminescent blood fill the gauge. I don't know the precise measurement I will need so I decide to fill the needle all the way. I yank the needle from my arm and feel the small wound heal immediately. As his aura only shows that slight pink color I jab the needle into his heart and push the plunger down with heavy breath. I remove the needle from his chest and toss it across the room. I put my face in front of his waiting for a change to happen. The seconds seem to tick so slow, and his aura barely reaches out beyond his body. In the seconds as I watch him his aura slowly fades away. "No.no.no. I can't have been too late." I cry. I climb onto the examination station and straddle his body. My hands fold over one another over his diaphragm as I start the rhythms for CPR. One. Two. Three. Four. Breathe. One. Two. Three. Four. Breathe. My vision burns as tears leak from my eyes while I try to save him. After a few more rotations I feel his heart starts to beat once more. I sag against him as he begins to take air into his lungs. I blink my vision clear and look into his face. He is still covered in ash in grime. I run the back of my hand along the stubble on his jaw wishing that he would open his eyes for just a moment. I want to see them to make sure he is truly alive. Seeing the colors of his aura come to light and hearing him breath just aren't enough for me. I wipe the tears from my face and climb off the exam table. I stand there staring at him when I hear footsteps behind me. I know there will be consequences for what I have just done. I broke the vow that all dragons were forced to make when we found out about our blood. I tense my shoulders as I hear him sniffing the air. After two long inhales his growl fills the room. I know he scents my blood and has come to the decision of what I have done. "What did you do Magma?" Maximus ask turning me to meet his furious gaze. "You will face Xander's wrath for this. I won't be able to help you this time. I will be forced by my duty to turn you in. Why would you choose to do this. He is just a human!" he screams in my face. "I had to. I couldn't let him die" I whisper. He takes my arm in a forceful grip and begins to pull me from the room. I look back at the stranger who is to be my mate and silently hope that the decision I made will be worth it. I hope that I didn't save him only to die for the crime I committed. As we exit the clinic I solidify myself to make the consequences of my actions as we head to our leaders home.When we enter into the office Xander sits at is desk doing something on his computer. As we stand in front of his desk he continues to type as if we are not standing there. I look around his office not wanting to meet his gaze when we are addressed. I hear his typing cease and I feel Maximus stand taller next to me. "What is the meaning of this interruption and why are you restraining Magma, Maximus?" he questions. "I am here officially. She has broken our vow. I have delivered her to you as soon as I found out. You may do with her what you wish." He says in a strong voice. "What do you mean she has broken our vow. Which one do you speak of?" he ask. I see his shadow rise on the wall as he stands. I close my eyes waiting for the truth to be heard. "She has broken our most solemn vow. She has used her blood to heal a human." Maximus says. "What!? How could you do this. You know what I will be forced to do. State your reason before you are banned. I need to know what
I drift in a sea of black. When I move my extremities colors from in the air. I feel no pain in this space when before there had been so much of it. I feel a rush of panic thinking that I died from my injuries. My parents would be proud that I died in the line of duty but sad that they lost their son. My mother always complained that I worked too much. I should have listened to her. I feel heavy in this space. The heaviness makes it hard to move but I am mesmerized by the colors when I do so I keep trying. As I drift nothing changes for the longest time. My eyes search the darkness for some else. Something else. Anything. I start to feel as if I will drift here forever. Just as I have that thought I see something in the distance. I see a glowing red light that brings me excitement. I have no idea what I am seeing but I know I want it. The light grows bigger and as it rushes to engulf me my body sags in relief. The heaviness disappears as I am surrounded by this beautiful
As I watch him disappear into the restroom my chest tightens. I can smell his pain in the air, and it makes it hard to breathe in the room. For a moment he let his pain be seen when he shed a few tears. As I explained what happened and what I found at the scene it was like he closed himself off to the emotion. I want nothing more than to comfort him. The first time I actually get to talk to my mate, and I caused him nothing but pain Love comes with pain. In time you will be forgiven. Stop being such a human and focus on something else. "Yeah, like what. We haven't even hit the tip of the iceberg with all the things we have to say" I say aloud. Yes, there is much more to be said. Nothing can be done at the moment. So why don't we take a moment to think about what's happening right now. Our mate is in the shower. We could go in there and give him comfort like you want. With her statement she sends an array of images. The water from a show washes over hard muscles that fl
For three days I fume. The first day I spend most of it pacing the room wondering what could have been done to me. I constantly check my breathing and my blood pressure. I monitor the systems of my body look for any change at all. I turned on the television for noise when the silence got to be too much. At night when I dreamt I had the recurring nightmare of becoming a beast and slaughtering an entire village. The second day was much like the first. I awoke in a cold sweat from the nightmare. I had barely touched my food the day before. No one examined me or checked on me. The nurses that visited said nothing. All they did was drop the tray off on the counter and then quickly exit the room. I explored the channels on the television, but nothing held my attention for long. I drifted off to sleep to the same dream as before. There was blood everywhere. Fire burned and body parts flew. It was total chaos and mayhem. On the third day I was starting to go stir crazy being couped up
I take a breath of relief when we exit the cafeteria. Things were getting a bit stiff in there with how everyone in the clan was following our conversation. "This way" I say to him leading him to a spot in the nearby trees that I like. "I'm sorry we had to leave the cafeteria. Dragons can here almost anything from the blood rushing in your veins to the wings of a hummingbird in the distance." I add I like the idea of getting our mate alone. Now you're starting to follow my request. I roll my eyes at my beast. "Is everything alright?" he ask. He must have caught the action and thought it was meant for him. "Yes, I'm just having a talk with my draikaina" I say by reply. "Ah, is she giving you a hard time?" he ask as I sit on one of the boulders. I chose one of the larger ones in this clearing hoping that he might sit next to me. I smile when he takes the hint. "No, not a hard time. We just have different opinions on something" I say as I sit back on my feet. If you would o
I watch her go as she leaves the clearing on the arm of Maximus. I slump against the rock confused at how things went. Everything was going fine. It was actually going better than fine, and I was enjoying the best kiss of my life. Things got heated so fast between us and when she climbed on top of me I felt myself slipping past the point of no return. My cock was harder than the rock that lay beneath us but a part of me needed to make sure that she was okay where things were heading. I broke the kiss to make sure she knew what she was doing because she had been so shocked when I first put my tongue in her mouth. Her movements were so innocent and tentative that I didn't want her to feel rushed. However, when I broke the kiss Magma was nowhere to be seen. All I saw was the eyes of her beast and our actions felt wrong. I remember grabbing her waist to try to halt the kiss when a strange look crossed her face. "Mine" She said in a deeper voice than her normally breathy tone. Then h
As I fly I try to find a reason my dragon would make me kill my mate. At the thought she throw herself against the roof of the maze and causes another crack to appear. I know that soon she will break out. I just have to hope that when she does she won't try to take over. There is no way I am letting her get anywhere near our mate. I bank to head back home as I start to feel fatigued. Normally even when I fly without her I can make it more than ten miles away from the clan. For some reason, her anger has left me even more drained, and I am forced to turn back half through. She bangs once more against the enclosure, and I know that I have moments left before it shatters completely. I lower toward the trees wanting to land away from clan lands in case she has a temper. After a quick journey back I land about a mile away from the entrance to our clan in the forest. I rapidly shift back just as she escapes. Go to out mate. Now! He will need us. We need to be with him. "No, I wil
When door pushes open my head whips to the side in excitement. My blood rushes and the heat in my body gives a heady wave when I think she has finally come to me. I sag against the bed in sadness when I realize it is just Maximus returning with the doctor. He stays by the door as she comes toward me. She pushes the classes up on her sharp nose and places a hand on hip. "He tells me you are experiencing some new symptoms and I have come to see them for myself" she states as she takes gloves from her pocket.I glare at him over her shoulder. "I told him I was fine. There are no new symptoms. You can go out the same way you came" I growl gesturing for her to leave the room as I turn back to the television.She makes a tsking sound and approaches the bed. Having her near me is not what I want at the moment. I slide over to the other side of the bed so I am as far from her as I can get. "Just let me have a look and I will leave sooner" she suggest."Fine" I say as I look at the t.v. Then