Draven
I woke up to Callie asleep on my chest, we were going home today and I had to tell her who we were and hoped she believed us and didn't think we were crazy. My father mind-linked me, "Hey Drave, you need to get moving so you are back for us to cross over," I acknowledged before closing the link. I eased out of bed and decided to deal with the stable boy and the head servant first, I left a note for Calli to meet me downstairs. I kissed her lips and she moaned before I headed down and saw my parents talking with Dominic, I poured some tea and got some bread before heading out to Sono, the stable boy. Sono was around fifteen and an orphan, my father took him in when he found him trying to steal food around seven and helped him out, so he could survive. He had a room on the property, and we never mistreated him, but we couldn't leave him here alone.
He is like a brother to me, he had the horse groomed and smiled signing, "Master Draven," I stopped him and told him to follow me. I explained that we were leaving and never coming back here, he was disappointed, and I asked, "Do you want to come with us?" He gladly accepted, but I stopped him saying, "I need to tell you something first," I told him about who I was and who the people were staying here, and he didn't seem surprised. He hugged me and said, "I am going, you are all the family I have," I looked him in the eyes, and he was serious, so I sent him to pack what he wanted to take and ran off. I waited by the tree for Callie after my father decided to hand the business over to the head servant, he had a good business head and a family to support. He promised to keep everyone on and I knew he would keep his word, Callie touched my shoulder and I signed to her about visiting her father.
I explained I was moving back home with my parents, I introduced her to Allan, and she smiled, I explained about my homeland and me being a dragon shifter. She thought I was crazy until I told her, "Let us prove it," she nodded and Allan changed into a small dragon to avoid being seen and Callie stood there shocked in place. I signed, "You can stay with me or if this is too much, you can go home," she looked at me and hugged me before looking into my face, saying, "I am going with you, you are my husband." We headed out to say goodbye to her father, Allan was in my bag so we could show him the truth and not think that I was crazy, Allan linked me, "I love being carried around," I blocked him. We reached our destination and her father was sitting on the porch with a cup in his hand, he looked at us and I read his lips asking, "What happened?"
We explained everything to him, and he was skeptical because of his faith, but then I put Allan down, and he changed to human, he introduced himself, and the guy fainted. We took him inside and waited until he woke up, he looked at Allan and screamed, we calmed him down and Callie explained she was leaving, going to our world, and wouldn't be returning. He touched his daughter's face, I could see that he loved her and said, "I am not staying here and letting you have all the adventure," grabbing his coat. I smiled at the old man, and he said, "I don't need anything," taking his holy book and saying, "Callie is all I have, you will not take the only daughter I have to another dimension or whatever you call it and never see her again," so we all headed back to the Inn. We reached back, the sun was setting, the rest was waiting for us, and we made the small trek to the lake where the portal was.
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Aremia
I waited nervously for my son's return, Dom held my hand, and Pax looked on, with his adoptive son, Sono, who was excited about going with us. I could tell Pax was still in love with me, and before my bond started growing with Dom, I was in love with him, too, Dom knew this, and I could feel his jealousy of Pax. Aries was shocked that Dom kept his word to us, which made her think he was changing for the better. I was relieved when I saw them return, but they had someone with them, he was introduced as Callie's dad, and Dom smiled and said, "Let them come, it's not like they will go into other territories." Dom looked at Herman and said, "You are human, so for you to stay without being marked, you will be linked to me," and asked him to hold out his hand. He cut his hand, and they mixed blood, he did the same for Sono and Callie before Allan opened the portal, taking the horse with us.
We entered Dragonmare, Desi and Ruby were waiting for us at the edge of the hall by the portal and a little Seria ran towards us yelling, "Mama." I was shocked because her father was right behind me, she jumped into my arms and then kissed my cheek, Allan took her from me and Ruby ran, jumping into Dominic's arms and they kissed passionately. I felt a pang in my chest, but I focused on Pax looking around and talking with Draven through mindlink as he experienced this beauty for the first time. I saw Herman jump up like a kid in a candy store when dragons flew over us, welcoming us back, we had been away for months but only a week in human territory. Dom held my hand as he had his other hand around Ruby who was all over him, I looked at the big garden, my sanctuary, and pulled out his hand to smell the flowers.
Draven walked over to me and was fascinated by everything, he mind-linked me, "I love it already, Mom," I looked up at him, his wife holding his hand tightly. I linked him, "This is my husband's Palace, my Palace is more fun," He looked up at Ruby with Dom and asked me, "How does it work between you two?" I smiled and said, "In Dragonmare, men of nobility can have two wives," I turned to look at Pax talking with Sono, and Draven linked me, "Do you still love Dad, Mom?" I blinked back tears because I did for a long time, but now things are different since the bond grabbed hold of me. I told him just that, and he told me how Pax still loves me and never settled down with anyone, I believe him, Pax showed me, love, in the short time we were together, if not for this stupid bond, maybe I would have convinced Dom to let me go.
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Two Days Later
Paxson
I was back at the courthouse to get my pardon, the elders signed off on everything, and I had the paperwork to show I was a free man. I had lost my position in court, but I was free to be home again, Dom gave me a small property where Sono and I could stay, and Draven decided to stay with his mother at the Ice Fortress along with his wife and her father. I also legally adopted Sono and explained to him that he would stop aging at twenty-five, and he didn't care, he started to get dinner started when he asked, "What do you want to eat, Dad?" I smiled and said, "Since I am your father now, you no longer owe me anything, we will cook together, and you will go to the library tomorrow and learn about us." After dinner, Sono went to bed and I walked outside to look at the moon, I didn't know if I could mind-link Mia, but I tried.
She said, "It's late Pax, aren't you tired?" I smiled and said, "I was just thinking about you, I want to see you for lunch tomorrow," she agreed and I closed the link. I saw Dom sitting under the tree, and he nodded for me to join him, we sat in silence for a few minutes when he said, "You hurt me Pax, we played together and grew up together, I trusted you more than anyone in my court, why did you do it?" I sighed and said, "Honestly, I should have stopped it, but I fell in love with her, she hated you and I tried to make her love it here, but we got too close, and I screwed up, Dom, I am sorry." He said, "You did well with Draven, I can't help but wonder what it would have been like to have a son with Mia," I looked at him and thanked him for the compliment, I said, "Draven is my whole world, and now Sono."
He smiled and said, "I have found you a job so you can support yourself here, however, I don't know if I will ever trust you again, but we can at least try to be friends again." I shook his hand and he pulled me to him, saying, "One more thing, be in my office tomorrow morning, I will be mating you off," I froze up and said, "I plan to wait for my mate, Dom." He said, "Mates are rare in Ravena, Pax, it will help you get over my wife, Mia will have lunch with you, but you will be a mated man, I can't stop you from being friends, you both share a child, but I will protect my mate even from the likes of you." I let go of his hand and smiled, I said, "See you tomorrow, Dom," he changed to Theo and flew back to the Palace, I knew it would take time for us to be friends and build trust again, but if being mated to a stranger will let him be at ease, so be it.
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