Dragons Heart

Chapter 9

Silently I watched through the two-way mirror, my stomach twisted in knots as I held Ash close.

"I know you are watching me, little ones~"

He purred out, I silently endured the pain that shot through me as Ash unknowingly hurt me.

"Why isn't he dead yet? That other pack said they would end him, but he's still alive"

Kane rested his hand on her head, a frown on his face.

"We can't kill him, we have tried everything"

Ash quickly turned to me, anger in her eyes.

"Dad just kill him! You can do it, I know you can! Just kill him, please!"

Her eyes began to water, I hold her tightly while she pleaded.

"He can't, that would require him to accept himself! He isn't strong enough!"

He laughed, I hid my face in her shoulder as I didn't want her to see me.

This past week I had been putting names to the corpses, the women, and all the children.

All my siblings, all of their mothers, my mother.

"Daddy, we can't let him do this all again"

Kane walks us out of the building, light-headed, and with my stomach in knots, I quickly hunched over a trash can to vomit.

"Ash, go wait in the car for us"

Kane had almost whispered, I felt his large hands rubbing my back as I coughed.

"Damn it- I'm just as pathetic as I was as a kid, letting him bother me to the point of puking"

I rested my head on my arms, chest aching as I held back pathetic cries.

"You aren't pathetic, it's been a long, and then seeing him- and hearing one of your kids ask you to kill a man, its- it's hard"

He took me into his arms, a tight hug that had me off my feet.

"You are one of the strongest people I know, if not the strongest, now you need rest, you don't need to worry about him right now"

I take a shaky breath as I squeezed my eyes shut, gripping his shirt I look up at him.

"I can't stop, he's my father, a murderous monster, and this pack, and most of yours hate and fear dragons because of him, I've done things in the past I can't forgive myself for that only feeds into the negative image of dragons"

He hushed me before putting me in the car, he places a kiss on my forehead before going around to get behind the wheel.

"But you have changed, you can't be blamed for who you were as a kid because that falls on your father"

After that the ride home was silent, Ash stormed off once we reached Kane's pack.

"She just needs time to calm down"

I whispered, his arm snaking around my waist giving me butterflies.

He hasn't tried to hide how protective he is of me, but he's never been so open about showing any level of intimacy.

He has Hugged me and kissed me in front of the kids and his family, but never in front of the pack like this.

"How about we check on the others? They all should be in training right now, and then maybe a nap for you"

He leads me to the training grounds to see the twins working on ground fighting, Poppy is working on her blocking, and Oakley is wrestling two small wolves.