The Dragons Mark

Chapter 4: The secret of the Dragons

                                            The door crept open and a worker nervously poked their head in. Immediately Xerus's eyes popped open and a sly smile appeared on his face. Teal flicked the side of his head and scolded him "be nice, they are probably bringing me food." He grumbled at her as she continued "you don't want me to starve do you?" Xerus folded his front legs in a pout doing his best to mock & imitate her. He dropped his hands to his side then glared at her. "That's cute, but you're still not chewing on anyone today."

                                               The door opened wider and the worker followed by two others rushed in with crates of food to fill the cupboards and icebox. Doc followed just behind them with something in his hands. "Hello you two" he smiled "Teal I will get back to you sometime tomorrow about the schooling question, but I bring with me catalog's" Doc handed the stack over to her as the workers made repeated trips behind them. "My you sure seem relaxed Xerus?" He scratched the side of Xerus's head making him close his eyes in pleasure "those are furniture catalog's, just mark what you want and we will see that you get it." He stepped back and smiled "This will take some getting used to, Xerus" he laughed "The king of the dragons, behaving himself." He looked at Teal "If you need anything else let me know."

                                      "Odds and ends of stuff, toiletries, soap shampoo and conditioner." She paused to think "Fabric and sewing things, some of my clothes need repairing. Thank you," she smiled as she looked at the stack.

                                      "No" he bowed to her "thank you" he turned to follow the workers out "this is the first time he hasn't chewed up the workers since he's been here." When he reached the door he paused "I will be bolting this door when I leave, the facility is closing for the night," he took a breath and pointed out a button on the wall by the door. "There will only be a skeleton crew here every night. If there is an emergency press this and the guards on duty will contact me." He turned to leave "please make sure it is only an emergency" his sigh was a sigh of annoyance "as soon as Xerus found the blasted thing he has been pressing it every time he gets bored!" Doc left and bolted the door behind him as he said he would.

                                        Teal collected her thoughts then leaned over to look him in his eye "really?" He laughed "you really chew on people?" She rolled her eyes and turned around to head into her room. She sat the catalogs down on the desk in the office "that is horrible, I can't believe you actually do that when they feed you whatever you want, when you want." She started looking at the crates that had been delivered one at a time getting more and more excited at the possibilities that they held.

                                         The room outside was silent Teal paused with the boxes as she realized she needed a table to eat at and went beck to the catalogs when a noise outside got her attention, followed by a voice "You're not going to yell at me for pushing the button?" A male voice asked with an arrogant jovial undertone.

                                           Before she could register who the voice came from she responded "no because honestly I may do the same thing" she whipped around to see a tall dark haired man in black leather robes standing where Xerus had been. "Who the hell are you?" She glared at him as she dropped the catalog scanning the room for a weapon "what did you do to him, where is Xerus?"