The Alpha Dragon's Prisoner

In Pieces-Tika

Beep. Beep. Beep. The sounds in the room are so annoying. I wish that someone would just turn it off so that I can go back to sleep. I don't want to get up. I make myself turn over away from the errant noise as I squeeze my eyes shut tighter. I just need more sleep. I don't want anything else right now. Quiet and sleep sound so good but that insistent beeping just wont stop. I groan as I smash my face into my pillow.

"She seems to be waking up. Maybe when she does, can tell us what to do" I hear as someone whispers. You would think that they would know to whisper quieter if they didn't want someone to hear them. Women normally gossip much better than this.

"She has to know what to do. We still don't even know what happened. We all felt the transfer. She is now our alpha. With him gone now, she is the only one that we can turn to" This time it's a mans voice speaking. I cant help but frown because I know that voice.

As I think hard about where I know the voice images start to flash before my eyes. The sky was so blue as it swarmed by me. I know that I was going somewhere but where. Then I see his face. A face that now brings tears to my eyes as I think about it. A face so beautiful that you would think that it was carved just for me. Just the image makes my chest hurt as tears fall from my eyes.

I jump up from the comfortable place where I lay in a frantic state. My eyes swarm around the room as I try to find him. It had to be a room. There is no way that Xander would ever hurt me like that. He would never leave me or reject me in any way.

But he did. They have left us. I have searched for our bond so many times. His words broke it. We don't have a mate anymore.

Cara's voice in my head stops my eyes from searching. Tears spill faster as a sob leaves my chest. She is right. I cant feel him anymore. I cant feel anything at all. Even before we were bonded it's like I was always aware of him. Now, its like he is just gone.

"You can't break down on us now. I know that you don't want to hear it but you need to pull yourself together. We need to know what to do" Maximus says. My sobs pause as I look at him and Emily. I try to wipe my tears away but I just cant get them to stop.

"What am I supposed to do?" I cry out. I don't even know how I am supposed to live now. We were supposed to do this together. He should have helped and guided me into my roll. I didn't expect to just be thrown into it.

"You are supposed to be our alpha. Xander has never made a decision lightly. If he chose you, it's because he didn't think that anyone else could do the job." I start shaking my head immediately at his words. He has to be wrong. We barely even knew each other.

We knew what we needed to know. He was our mate and he loved us. He believed that despite our past, we were good. He believed that we could stand by his side.

"No, Lady. You don't get to be in denial. You are his mate. You both would have led this clan together. He has known most of the dragons here for half of his life. You haven't even been one for a week but he gave his title to you. Whether you want to believe it or not, you are who he chose. So, I suggest you become who ever the hell he thought you were. Otherwise we are going to have a bunch of feral beast without an alpha on our hands. Do you really think that he would want to see his clan turn into that?" Emily shouts.

When a growl leaves my chest I am taken a back by her words. Not just by her horrible bedside manner when she delivered them but because I can see the truth in him. Even though my heart hurts I know that she is right. I cant just sit here when he gave me a job to do. I don't even know how all of it happened. I just know that I cant let him down. I guess this means that I cant focus on the pain.

A distraction will be good for us. When things are running smoothly again I will make sure that we find time for it. Until then, I will keep it away from you as much as I can.