Aqua’s POV
Lexus shook me awake. “Babe, you told me to wake you up whenever you overslept.”
I opened my eyes. “It’s hard not to sleep in sometimes.” I sat up. “You were really rough last night.” I blushed. “It makes me want to sleep longer.” I yawned. “And I hate going anywhere with visible hickeys.”
I got out of bed naked, but he pulled me back and kissed my mark. Marks are really sensitive if someone else touches our marks the other will feel pain. When we touch each other's marks, we feel… pleasure. “I wish I could go with you today.”
I rolled my eyes. “You have to start work don’t you?” I moaned when he kissed my mark again then pulled away and got up.
“Yeah I do but I still wish I could go with you.” He got up. “If you get back before me you should start packing.”
“Packi
I did a few more jobs, some required the gems, but most didn’t. At first I was doing jobs that asked for a magic user but now that people knew the current holder was taking jobs they asked for me specifically. My coven went through a lot of the jobs and sorted them for me from least difficult to most difficult. Other covens and sorceress agencies tried to recruit me, but I liked staying with the one who delivered me as a baby and that my mom was a part of. Once I was done I met Cade and Sadia at a small restaurant. “Hey.” I sat down and put my bag under the chair. Cade smiled. “I assumed you’d be late since you’ve been so busy with working.” I shrugged, “I do as much as I can since Gram warned me about how long I should be working a day. I don’t want to overwork myself again. I usually work when Lexus is working.” Sadia was staring at the menu, and she wasn’t saying anything. Cade spoke instead, “How’s he doing working with Viv?” I
My mom called me over to talk about something important. “Okay so after a lot of convincing from Konain.” All I could think about was how it annoyed Cade when she called Dad that. “I decided I’m going back home.”I raise my eyebrows. “What? No, you can’t, you love it here-”“To visit, only to visit our family.”I exhaled out of relief. “Oh yeah, they think you’re dead or they did. They saw me ride off on a dragon the last time I saw them, so they probably think that you’re with me or something.”“Are… are my parents still alive?” Mom asked nervously.I nodded. “Grandpa and Grandma are still very much alive. They just sleep a lot and don’t like being bothered.”Mom laughed. “So, they’re the same. So, you were raised by my sister and her husband but no one ever talked about me? Not even your grandparents?&r
In the morning we got ready. “You still haven’t told me how work’s been.”Lexus chuckled. “We’re on vacation, I don’t want to talk about work.” I looked at him seriously. “Fine, work is good. I’m practically running Viv’s business myself. We’re considered partners now.”“What do you even do?” I felt weird that I didn’t know but it’s not like I didn’t try talking about it before.“She’s a noble. Her business is creating work for the people of her kingdom, selling them land, and giving them protection. She works closely with the king and queen too.” I noticed he was feeling admiration for Viv.“How do you feel about Viv?”Lexus sighed. “She’s always been a really good friend, she’s still a really good friend. I enjoy her company and I missed her but not in a sexual or romantic way.” Since we
Quinn’s POVOne of the other kids pushed Zaya down so I tackled him. “Hey stop!” Zaya yelled as we started to fight then jumped in so now we we’re both fighting this kid.The boy shifted into his dragon, so we’d get off him then he shifted back. “Whatever, I don’t want to fight either one of you. If I did I’d hurt Quinn cause she’s part human and sick because of it. Plus, her mom is always watching.”I glared at him and stood up. “I’m not sick because I’m part human.”My sickness was common among both humans and dragon shifters.Zaya spit at him. “She could take you and her mom isn’t always watching, you’re just scared of her mom.” She grabbed my hand and walked towards the pack house. “Sorry the kids here aren’t like the kids in the village you live in.” In the village there were hybrids and other mixtures species kids
“I’m not trying to hurt you Aqua,” That’s what he said after he broke up with me, not that it helped at all. “You’re just too submissive and that’s not really what I’m looking for.” Maybe he was right, but I wish I knew before I wasted all that time with him. “I thought it was hot at first but I'm a little bored with it now. I had a good time with you, but I can’t picture this going anywhere.” They always get bored so why do I bother dating at all? Maybe because I thought love would save me from my depressing life. I couldn’t help the tears and he couldn’t help wiping them away before he walked out of my life for good. Later that week my therapist had to dive deeper into the situation in every way. I didn’t have much to rely on now for happiness but that’s nothing new. I thought things would look
My instinct was to climb onto the larger one despite it being difficult to, I did it because I had a dream like this before. Did I think I was dreaming now? No, it was too real but the memory of a dream like this was comforting. My adoptive parents stared in horror as we took off. I wanted to leap off and try flying myself, but I couldn’t convince myself this was a dream. In the dream I would leap off and shift into a dragon. Dragon shifters were a well believed myth for so long especially in my town. So much so that we learned about them in school. Some people still believed in them, and now I was on the back of one. I was on the back of the dragon claiming to be my father for fucks sake. “Am I going to be able to go back?!” I yelled with a smile across my face. I did care about my siblings who I left behind. They were the only good thing I had in my past life. It felt like a past life already. Cade shifted back into his human form midair and landed on Konn’s back next to m
Prince Lexus' POV “You have to stop leaving marks all over my body,” Sadia said as she sat up in bed. “Unless you’re going to give me the mate mark,” She joked. My parents would kill me if we mated too early. “Seriously though Lexus you need to stop, it’s not classy.” I looked down her naked body as the blanket fell to her lap. “Wear long sleeves and turtlenecks, you’ll be fine. You’ll probably earn brownie points with my mom doing that shit anyways.” I used my lighter to light my blunt. Sadia got out of my bed and gathered her clothes. “That’s not funny because we need to be careful. I shouldn’t have even slept over.” She’s been worried about my parents’ approval ever since we became friends years ago. She cared about their approval more than I did, but it’s always been easy for me to get it. After all, they didn’t really know me. They thought they did and I was fine with that because if I wanted them to know me, I’d show my other sides. They hav
Aqua’s POV I knew little about mates and what I did know was something about the moon goddess. I also knew that shifters had mates, werewolves, and dragon shifters both. Was this what it was or was I being delusional? Was I a dragon prince’s mate? “Aqua,” Cade whispered to bring me back to reality. I snapped out of my delusion and walked with Cade to everyone else. “Your majesties,” he bowed after greeting them, “this is my long-lost sister Aqua.” I wouldn’t call myself long lost, considering I was abandoned and found easily. I attempted to curtsy. “Hi…” I kept glancing at the prince. My heart had nearly jumped out of my chest and I felt lightheaded. The King looked towards Konn. “You think she could be the holder?” Konn nodded in response. “She shows signs, one big sign is a sharp sense of intuition.” The King then addressed Cade. “You realized if she is the holder, we won’t require your services anymore, correct?” I didn’t’ consi