Dragon's Wolf

Dragon for a Mate...

Aeriella's POV

I was about to step forward but I felt the small tug on my hand. I was brought back to reality as I remembered the hatchling. I hoisted her onto my hip as she could barely walk and stood up straight.

My mate looked almost hurt when he saw her but I shook my head, "She's not mine."

He perked up and advanced toward me once more. I couldn't help but stride toward him and when we reached each other he pulled me into his arms. Have I ever felt safer?

I knew the answer was no and began to nuzzle his neck. I heard a sigh of contentment from him as he stroked my hair. I pressed myself into him wanting my scent to be on him as symbol that he was mine.

I felt his arm around my waist tighten a bit before I looked up and saw the taller wolf staring at us. I rose an eyebrow and was about to say some smart mouthed comment but the kid began to whimper, "Cod."

I sighed and stepped back handing my mate the girl before slipping off my trench and wrapping it around her. It was comically too big and she almost vanished in the fur lined leather.

When I'd taken my jacket off I heard a satisfying hiss from my male and knew he was enjoying the view. I reached over to carry the hatchling once more but he shook his head, "I'll carry her," gods I love his voice, "It's only right. What's her name?"

"Rachel."

"And yours?"

I wanted to keep him talking so bad, "Aeriella, what's your name?"

He smiled and brushed a stray strand of hair out of my face, "Beautiful name for a beautiful woman... name? Oh mine is Aaron."

"Aaron..." I felt him shiver as I spoke his name, "Who are they?"

He glanced at the other males, "No one of major importance, just my elder brother and his Beta."

I was amused by the way his brother stiffened, "Hey I'm your Alpha, don't dismiss me."

So my mate was a member of the pack, how interesting, "Nice to meet you Alpha, Beta."

The Alpha nodded as the Beta grinned, "Nice to know our little tracker's not a forever alone."

They laughed as I felt myself instinctively hug Aaron, such a sexy name all of the sudden. I suppressed a shudder, what's wrong with me?

The kid's stomach growled and the elder brother laughed seeming to relax, "Lunch is on me. Come on guys let's celebrate my baby brother getting a mate."

Aaron's POV

Good god she was sexy. I had wanted to kiss and hold her but she'd gone for my neck and when she said my name I found myself shivering. It was a welcome distraction from gazing at her body when my brother mentioned food. Yeah food...

I shook my mind out of the gutter and followed them with the kid. Rachel had a different, almost off scent about her that faintly resembled an undertone in Aeriella's. We stepped outside and I looked around for her car, "What do you drive?"

"A DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter," at my confused look she rolled her eyes, "A bush plane."

"Wait so you don't have a car here?"

"Nope. I planned on walking to a hotel."

I frowned and my brother must have read my expression, "You can ride with us and we'll send a truck to pick your plane up."

I watched as she quirked an eyebrow, "Aren't we just going to eat?"

I shook my head, "A female needs to stay close to her male. What if something happened to you?"

She looked unconvinced, "Females do have minds of their own and if you insist you can come with me home."

I frowned, "I can't leave my pack."

She frowned, "I can't leave my tribe."

My brother sucked in his breath. Only one species is referred to as a tribe. Great... leave it to me to be mates with a dragon. I sighed, "Come for lunch and we'll discuss it afterwards, fair enough?"

She nodded, "Yeah."

About an hour later I'm glad I'm not my brother. He was the one paying for Rachel's five course deluxe lunch despite Aereilla's offers to pay. Man could that child eat.

Throughout the whole meal I'm glad I'm not my brother again who kept getting hit on, but then again a woman tried to hit on me when we entered and I thought my mate was trying to kill her with her eyes. The waitress obviously noted this and moved on to my brother who was also mated but she was left at home with their pups.

It was painfully obvious that Aeriella was no mother by her looks and lack of grace in the feeding department. They were both covered in syrup by the end of it and when the little girl began to complain of needing the bathroom my dragoness held the sticky child out at arm's length.

When they were gone my brother nudged me, "You just had to have a dragon as your mate."

John laughed, "Look on the bright side man, if we have her on our side no one will dare mess with our pack. You know dragons rarely ever leave their ranges."

My brother shook his head, "I don't know... there's something off about her... like there's something big she's not telling us."

I shook my head but John looked around, "Quick go through her coat pockets while they're gone. Chicks usually carry purses but she doesn't so its gotta be in her coat."

I looked at him appauled, "No, she's my mate. I need to trust her."

My brother smirked, "Gotta admit though, to a human she's gotta be pretty hot. I mean that man at the counter has been staring at her the whole time."

My head snapped up as I began surveying the diner for the man. The other two laughed but when the girls came back I slipped my arm around the back of Aeriella's chair staking my claim. A stout man came up and offered her a sloppy drink, "Hey girly I like tall ones. How bout ya come with me an' we have ourselves a party."

I gritted my teeth but I felt her squeeze my hand and saw her wrinkle her nose, "You stink. Its the middle of the day, go away. Besides, I have a ma- boyfriend. "

It gave me a sense of smug satisfaction that she already preferred me over other men, not that this pig could've held a candle to me. He sneered but I cleared my throat, "Is there a problem?"

He looked between the glares our entire table was giving him and in a wise decision for a human he began to back up. My mate nodded her silver haired head, "That's right. Back the fuck up."

I figured out in the car ride that when you rub a full dragon's tummy they tend to fall asleep. I heard the two up front discussing and they decided on staying in s hotel for the night. We got to the neutral airport and followed Aeriella was to the hanger where we saw her white plane with a cyan blue stripe and red wingtips. I watched as she climbed up with ease and pulled a black duffle bag out of the cabin and jumped down. Damn she was graceful.

It wasn't too long before we were at the hotel and she insisted on paying for her own room, not that my brother was complaining. It took a while but she finally agreed to let me share the room with her. I silently rejoiced at this before we got in and I realized that the couch was too short for my tall frame. No matter, the floor would do fine. I listened to her lay Rachel down then start the shower for a while. Just listening to my mate gave me satisfaction... wow my brother wasn't kidding when he said finding your mate turns you slightly into a stalker.