Alpha and the Fighter

Damn, Damn, Damn

By the time Amen finally got there, the wolf still hadn't shifted and he had realized I was his mate. Could this possibly get any worse? Right. That was a yes.

Apparently Amen brought along a whole hoard of Elves!

Are you a dumb ass, I snarled in his head. The whole point was to keep this off the radar. Damn it.

At that moment the wolf took my distraction as an opening and lunged for me. Obviously I'm not stupid, so I just side stepped. I need to save my energy. If there was one wolf, there had to be more. 

I ordered the Elves to search the territory, telling Amen to help me with the mutt. Even calling him names hurt. My Goddess must hate me.

I care about your safety more than keeping your stupid mate a prisoner, The golden Dragon shot back, grabbing the other male by the shoulders.

Don't call him stupid! I hissed, grabbing the Werewolf by the neck with my jaws. 

--

Selinde had a huge grin across her face as we dragged Wolf Boy in the gathering hall. I changed to my Anthro form, not trusting my cat to have that much control, seeing as she wanted to mate him then and there.

My annoyance was clear as I stomped into the room behind Amen, walking right up to the blonde woman.

"You dare harm a hair on his head and I'll wipe out your entire race, Elf," I snarled, spittle flying dangerously close to her perfect porcelain face.

Her smile turned grim at my threat, her Elven guards starting to close in on me. I hissed at each one, before turning on my heel and walking back to my Dragon.

--

Turns out my mate had only three other warriors with him, and was more than willing to give up information just to see me. I was flattered(que sarcasm.)

I was on my way to see his beautiful face now, walking down the millions of stairs leading in to the dungeon. Old fashioned, but workable. 

I sighed as I finally hit the actual floor, making my way to the holding cell. The two guards posted left out of ear shot immediately. I had requested it, seeing as it was one of the conditions for him to talk.

"What do you have to say this time?" I asked, sinking down onto the concrete floors so I could talk at eye level with him.

"I wanted you to know I didn't know you were my mate when I attacked you. And that I'm sorry, and I keep beating myself up for it. I want you to know I'll tell you everything, if it means your forgiveness. I'll tell you everything, even if it doesn't. I just want you to know that your species doesn't bother me. Maybe it should.  But it doesn't, and even though I've only known you for a few hours, I can't let you go. I'll give up my whole kingdom, if it means you're happy."

When his speech came to an end, I was glaring at him, my fangs bared as his voice got more and more desperate. He'd done something similar the past two times and damn if it didn't pull on my heart strings.

"You don't even know me," I hissed, my ears twitching.

"But I want to," He blurted, blushing furiously as he tried to keep from jumping at me.

I shook my head quickly, my long hair bouncing around with the sharp movements. "Even if I wanted to, I could never be with you. We are two different species that were never mean't to be together. The Moon Goddess made a mistake."

 I watched as his face crumpled in pain, his strong jaw and sharp nose. Close up you could see the scar running across his right eyebrow, making his expressions seem more sever. He had white teeth, which were straight. He was tall, at least 6'4" and his muscles overlapped in such a seductive way I wanted to jump him then and there. His frame would easily cover mine aand I could help the shivers running down my spine.

"Dragostea mea, tu nu spui aceste cuvinte," He whispered. His words brought tears to my eyes and I wanted nothing more in that moment then to give in to him. To throw myself at him and never ever let him go.

"Dar eu fac.Zeița nu vrea asta," Speaking back in his native tongue, I allowed myself to invision the life we'd have. Getting married and laughing, hunting together, raising children. Something I wanted. Desperately. But it was something I was not destined to have. I turned from him, not being able to look into his beautiful green eyes.

"Spune Selinde tot și te las să pleci,"I whispered, not allowing the tears that were gathering to fall.

His voice was angry and loud, resounding across the cement halls as he growled at me. "I do not wish to leave, unless you go with me, Lună."

"That is never going to happen, Lup," I snarled, turning to face him. "It's never going to happen you stupid dog!"

The tears were running freely now and our voices had caught the guards attention.

My footstep were all that was heard as I raced my way out of that stupid dungeon, with that stupid dog. My heart was going faster than it ever had before and damn it, there were way to many stairs in this thing! I could feel the claustrophobia closing in on me, turning me into a screaming nightmare as I had a panic attack for the first time in a long time. I could hardly even hear Amen's anguished roars coming from above as I knew he wouldn't be able to fit his body into the stairwell.

The walls were closing in on me and I heard screaming, so loud and sharp, I had to cover my ears. My cat was whimpering inside of me like a kicked puppy and I wanted nothing more than to sleep for forever. There was no amount of healing that could fix this.

Why didn't I say the words? God, I'm so stupid! I could have stopped all of this if I just rejected him. What was wrong with me.

--

I was curled into a ball when the Elven guards finally reached me. I was bleeding from gashes along my ears and temples, even my palms. I was taken to the infirmary, where the nurses patched me up as I sat there numbly.

I could never be with my mate and everyone here knew that. I could feel the depressing gazes upon me from the workers. They would never know the pain I was feeling, but they were piting me anyway. I was out the door and half way to the court yard when the Dragon feeling caught up to me. We walked in silence for the longest time, walking through the woods as I cried and tore myself apart.

Translations:

Dragostea mea, tu nu spui aceste cuvinte- My love, you do not mean these words.
Dar eu fac. Zeița nu vrea asta- But I do. The Goddess does not want this.
Spune Selinde tot și te las să pleci- Tell Selinde everything and I'll let you go.
Lună- Moon
Lup- Wolf