The Alpha Dragon's Prisoner

Nothing to Hold-Tika

My eyes feel like sandpaper when I blink them open. Pain ricochets in my chest as a shuddering breath leaves my lips. Even though the sun is shining the day feels dull. Looking around the room I freeze. The golden colors around the room do not belong to me. Lifting my head from the warm hard surface I am laying on my eyes land on Xander's face. His eyes are closed and the even rhythm of his breathing lets me know that he is sleeping.

When my gaze travels down I quickly snatch my leg off of him. Why am I in his room? The thought of how we slept causes me to blush profusely. My body is cradled to his side. I can feel the muscles of his arm under my neck and I know that I used it as a pillow. My leg had decided to escape the confines of the robe I wear and was thrown across his thick waist. The memory of it causes me to shiver.

At my shiver, his arm wraps tighter around me and a soft groan leaves his chest as his eyes flutter open. Inside I start to panic at what he will say. Before they can open fully I try to roll away from him. Right as I thought I was going to escape his bed I am suddenly yanked. My saws at my chest at the abrupt ness of the movement as I am now laying under him while he hovers over me.

"Hello Mate" he growls out in a whisper. Blinking my eyes they connect to his slitted dragon eyes and I find myself relaxing beneath him.

"Hi" I utter quietly in reply.

"How do you feel?" he whispers as he searches my face. The fingers of one of his hands is playing with my hair and I find his stare to be too intense. The first answer that comes to mind from that question is to tell him that I am hot. I brush the answer away quickly knowing that I can't go there.

"I am fine, Ceron. Why are we whispering?" I question him softly. The moment I said his name a huge smile broke across his face and he shifted above me. I didn't realize how much of his weight he was keeping off me until her did. The heat now encompasses all of me as his body lays completely on top of mine. I lick my lips when the thought of it causes them to run dry. He doesn't miss the action either.

"My human is sleeping and he needs his rest. I however wanted to talk to you" he says as he moves his hand from my hair to my face. I chuckle as he traces my features likely and it tickles.

"Hmm mhm" is all I say as I stare into his mesmerizing gray eyes.

"You are everything. WE never meant to hurt you or cause you pain. Xander may not feel the bond as strongly as I do, but we both feel for you all the same. There is no malice in our hearts when it comes to you" he states pointedly. Despite the whispering I can follow along with his words purposefully but it still leaves my questions unanswered. When I remember that moment yesterday I can't help but ask one of them.

"What was that that you showed me yesterday?" I say cocking my head.

"The kiss was our gift. It will not start the heat between us but it does affect the receiver. It was a mistake and it should not have happened without your permission" he says. I nod along as he speaks to show him that I am listening.

"A gift of our magnitude has two sides. For one who knows love, it will amplify it and show all the beautiful moments. For one who does not it will torture them with what they believe they cannot have. We did not know you were a part of the other side. If we did we would not have used our gift" he states.

"But you do this to prisoners all the time. What makes me so different?" I whisper back.

"You are the mate of love. It is what we are. More than anyone on this earth you should know what it looks like but you do not. The other prisoners were too far gone by the looks of their auras while yours shines bright with your innocence. They deserve a fate for what they have done to my people. You do not deserve that fate" He says the last sentence so pointedly that I know he feels that deeply.

Now I have to look away because he is wrong. "You have no idea what I did, Ceron. You don't know what I deserve" I state as I look beyond his arm at the wall.

"Maybe. But I can tell you what I do know if you ask" he says as he uses his nose to nuzzle my cheek. The movement is affectionate and causes my breath to catch as I look at him.

"What do you know?" I whisper. My heart rate picks up pace in fear of his answer. I don't know why but I feel like it will change everything between us.

"I know....that we will love you no matter what you deserve. There are no conditions. All you have to do is want our love in return" He says as he smiles at me. His beautiful slitted irises watch me closely as his words cause tears to spring into my eyes. I have to take a deep breath so that I do not let them fall. There are no words that I can say in this moment. I am left speechless.

"Ooops, the human is awake. I will speak to you soon gorgeous" he says as he makes his eyebrows dance. The move cause me to laugh. Before Xander's eyes return his pecks his lips against mine and I freeze beneath him.

He blinks his sleepy eyes open as he stares at me. A smile graces his handsome face before his eyes widen and he jumps away from me. The motion causes me to laugh as he lands heavily on the floor with a groan. Leaning over the bed I look at him and burst into more laughter when I see that he is a disheveled mess. His hair falls all over his face. The top of his robe is open and shows the wide expanse of his chest. His leg covered in those golden tattoos even peaks out from the bottom of his robe.

The section of floor that he fell to can barely even hold his big body and he looks ridiculous. He scratches his head as he joins me in my laughter before rising up off the floor. He looks really embarrassed as he looks around the room. "yeah, so us sorry about that. It seems that even in my sleep I can't control the reaction that I have to you" he rushes to say.

I chuckle at him. "No problems. Ceron and I actually had a lovely conversation. Even though he is a sneaky little bugger" I reply.

A frown crosses his face as he looks at me. His hands clinch into fist as his eyes start to flash. The conversation doesn't look to be going well as an angry expression crosses his face. I lift myself from the bed and go to stand in front of him. I tap him right in the center of his chest and wait for him to give me his attention.

His eyes stop flashing for a moment as he looks down at me and his angry expression clears. "He didn't do anything wrong. If anything he was trying to help me. What he did shows me that I picked the perfect name for him. Now stop arguing we have a lot to do today" I tell him pointedly.

He nods his head at me and I turn to leave the room. I walk into my room and grab some clothes so that I can take a shower. Being outdoors all day yesterday and stepping into the river have left me sticky. When I walk out of my room with my arms full of my stuff I see that he is leaning against his doorway.

"What's up" I ask him as I walk by. Reaching the restroom I lay the items down on the sink and move to turn on the shower. Hopefully, what he has to say is quick because my skin is starting to itch. I turn to find him now in the same position in this doorway as he watches me. it's the same position that I first saw him in when I came here. My eyes trail down the front of his robe as I remember exactly what he looked like with his clothes off. "So, did you want to say something" I ask him as a distraction from my thoughts.

"Yeah, I was curious to what plans you made today and uh Ceron wanted me to remind you that you promised him information" he says sheepishly as his eyes keep looking at the tub then me. He must be remembering the same thing. My suspicions are confirmed when his cheeks start to turn red.

"Well, we can talk over our plans once I am clean. Oh, and tell that sneaky dragon of yours that since he decided to steal a kiss, he can wait for a few more answers" and with that I lightly shove him out of the bathroom to his shock. I smile at him mischievously as I promptly close the door in his face and start to get undressed. The laugh that I hear on the other side of the door causes a warmth to my chest that I thought was gone after the night that I had last night.

Under the warm water of the shower my mind starts to plan. I have no idea if I am ready to pursue a relationship with him. I do have to admit to myself that I like his company. I like him. There are however just too many things that I have to work through for myself. He isn't going to like what I suggest but I hope that we can come to a compromise. I have come to the conclusion that in order for me to work on myself, I need to be by myself.