She kept the block down all night hoping he would come to her. She was too afraid to go to him. She stayed in the tent until the show was over then afterwards she moved towards the opening of the tent. She noticed that he was lingering as well. He would move closer and closer to her as the night went on, but then he seemed to notice what he was doing and would then leave. Alex went to the show every night that week, trying to build up the nerve to go to him herself. Every night they seemed to do the same song and dance with each other. He never looked right at her during the week he just sort of drifted towards her and then would leave. The night of the last show, as she got ready to leave her step father burst through her bedroom door.
Her step father was drunk and yelling at her. Calling her all kinds of names and mad at her for something she didn’t even know she did. “You stupid bitch.” He seethed as he rained punches down on her face. That night she went to the show in her own pair of sunglasses, Donny always wore a pair too. She was trying to hide the black eye that her step father blessed her with that night. As she arrived she also felt another, this one was strong like Donny, but different in a way.
The show was even better than the rest of the week and during his performance she decided this was going to be the night she approached him. Alex had already decided this before the beating she got that night. She knew this man was going to be the one to take her away from her step-father and save her life. She wasn’t sure she would survive much longer if Donny didn’t take her away. As the show ended she took her normal spot near the entrance. The normal group of guys he talked to were already standing in their spot. She waited an hour before she started to think something was wrong. Alex started to move towards the back of the building, as she got near she felt that pull feeling weakening. He left her and she never got her chance to talk to him. She didn’t even know if he ever saw her.
Six months have passed since the circus, it has come back only once and he was not there. She went every night that week and he never showed. She knew he still performed, because she saw the videos on the internet. Her step-father had only gotten worse in the last six months and she has had two broken arms and a leg since then. She still works at the coffee shop and turned eighteen a few months ago. She still lives at home though and gets beat more frequently than not. The coffee shop does not pay enough for her to get her own place. She has tried to get other jobs, but they always turn her away because of the bruises.
Alex has also had to put her block up more and more as she has felt the pull feeling a lot more recently. Three men came into the coffee shop a week ago and they had the pull feeling. It wasn’t strong, but they still had it. They also didn’t have sunglasses on and she saw their eyes for the first time. She always knew the reddish and orange flecks were in her eyes so when she saw the red flecks in theirs it shocked her. She just happened to have gotten another black eye the night before, so she was wearing sunglasses to cover her eyes.
This morning while she was getting ready for work her step father came into her room. He was pissed off at something and she smelled the alcohol on him. He didn’t say anything as he came towards her, he just walked up to her and smacked her across the face. Alex immediately placed a hand over her cheek and readied herself for another. When it didn’t come she looked up at him.
“You need to get out of my fucking house you little bitch.” He said to her
“This is my mother’s house, not yours.” She snapped back and him. He socked her in the stomach for that one. Alex crumpled to the floor in pain and out of breath. She never really stood up to him, but today she had had enough of him. She was tired of being his punching bag.
“Your mother married me and that makes this my house. Now that you are eighteen, you need to get the fuck out. I am tired of you and your bull shit. You don’t do anything to help out and your mother left it to me to get you out.” He seethed
“Mom wouldn’t kick me out. I am all she has that is good in this house since you came here.” Alex wheezed out. The next thing she knew his booted foot was hurling towards her face. As it connected she heard the snap and her nose it then began to gush blood.
“Shit stay here for all I care. I will beat the life out of you if you stay.” He said as he laughed and picked her up then threw her across the room. He walked towards her laughing and picked her back up landing another punch to her already broken face. She saw stars after the punch and her vision started to go black. As she was passing out she felt the pull feeling. It was very strong and she knew they were close. She could do nothing to block them as her step-father picked her back up, all she felt was her body lifting up. A loud crash sounded in her ears and she thought it was her body making contact with the dresser or something. Then she felt strong arms holding her and then she was placed on the ground. She passed out as soon as her head made contact with the ground.
When the plane landed Donny jumped out of his seat and was ready to go. It was ten in the morning here in England and he wanted to find her fast and get her to safety. As soon as he stepped out of the plane her felt the pull.
“She is still alive, I feel her.” Donny said excited
“Alright we need to take this slow. There might be half-bloods here too so we all need to keep our heads clear and be ready for anything.” Kaiden said. “And Donny we don’t feel her yet, she is your soul mate so the pull for you will be stronger than for us. So lead the way my man.”
Donny stood for a moment and looked confused. “What do you mean lead the way? How do I know which way to go?”
“Don’t think son. Just close your eyes and feel. The pull will guide you to her.” Cara told him
Donny looked at his mom and smiled. He closed his eyes and turned around. His eyes remained closed for a few minutes and then he started walking. He opened his eyes and every one followed him. They walked for about ten miles until Donny stopped in front of a small house. The pull was strong and they all knew she was inside. The house was on the small side and there weren’t really any neighbors around. It was an expensive looking two story home. As they all stood outside they hear a loud crash within the home.
Donny bolted up the stairs and kicked the door in, the group of them were right on his heels. They all ran up the stairs and found Donny with fire in his hand. An older man stood in front of him with a girl above his head. He looked ready to throw her across the room. She was already bleeding and pretty beat up. Colby was the first to react. He ran at the man and punched him in the face. As the man fell to his knees Colby caught the girl and handed her over to Donny.
“Don’t kill him. We don’t need the death of a human on our hands no matter how bad he is.” Zoe said. “Go ahead and beat the snot out of him for what he did and has been doing to this poor girl. Then when you are done I will make him forget she ever lived here.” Zoe said
“She is passed out what do I do?” Donny cried. Tears were streaming down his face as he took in the girl in his arms.
“Let me in.” Vivi said. Vivi gently moved in between Donny and the girl. Vivi placed her hands on the girl’s arms. Christian came to her other side and placed one hand on her head and the other on her chest. Donny looked at them with fear and hope in his eyes. “We are Blood Dragons we can heal with our hands or kill. Right now we need to heal her.” Vivi said. Donny watch with fascination as her shattered nose started to take shape again and the cuts on her face closed. All the bruising was disappearing and her skin started to look healthy and normal.
Cara had gone to the bathroom and gathered some wet towels. “Here Donny clean the blood from her as they heal her, you don’t want the poor girl to wake up all bloody.”
“Thanks mom.” He smiled a weak smile as he took the towels and started to clean her off.
“She has internal injuries, some old and a new one that has her bleeding inside. She would be dead if we didn’t get here in time. We are going to heal it, but she will be unconscious for a few hours while her body adjusts to the healing.” Christian said.
> After they did the healing on the girl, the boys left the room and the females bathed her and dressed her in clean clothing. When they were done they looked around the room and tried to pack everything they thought would be important to the girl. While the boys were down stairs a woman walked in the front door. She looked afraid and tried to walk back out, but Kaiden stopped her by throwing up a block in her mind. It caused her to feel relaxed.
The woman was pretty in a way, but her clothing was a rumpled mess. The suit she wore had a stain on the pocket and it looked like it never saw a dryer. She had dirty blond hair that was tied back in a tight bun. Her nose was crooked and she had dark bags under her eyes. The years had taken a toll on this woman.
“We are not here to hurt you we are just here to save the girl.” Kaiden said
“You are taking Alexandria away?” The woman asked
“Yes we are taking her somewhere safe, where that man cannot touch her ever again.” Colby said
“Good save my little girl. I never had the strength to do it myself.” The woman said. That is when the men noticed the bruising all over her too. Christian stepped forward and placed a hand on her arm. He took all the bruises away. The woman looked at her arms and then at Christian. “What are you?” She asked in wonder
“Just here to help ma’am.” Christian said
“Can you make that man forget he ever lived here and that we were married? She asked sarcastically
“We can.” Kaiden said
“Are you serious? I was just joking.” She laughed nervously
“We are not joking ma’am when we came into the house he was in the middle of killing Alexandria.” Christian told her
“Oh my! He wanted her to move out. We have been fighting over this for some time now. I didn’t want her to go I wanted him to go. I guess he got confused again.” She said. The woman sat then and placed her head in her hands.
Kaiden and Christian wasted no more time talking as Donny was coming down the stairs with Alexandria in his arms and the girls had bags in their hands. Christian grabbed the mother’s arms and took the pain and hurt she has been feeling for the last long while out, he healed all the internal injuries to her as well. Kaiden was riffling through her mind and plucking out all the bad memories. He left the arguments in and the good things, but gave her a little confidence boost and made the thought she had of kicking the man out a reality. Colby walked upstairs and grabbed the man while Kaiden and Christian did their thing. He took the man out the back door and Sebastian was gathering all the clothing that belonged to a man in the other bedroom. Colby walked around the house and waited out front for the others.
They left the mother asleep in the house, when she woke her memories would become true and she would think she kicked her husband out and that Alexandria went to live with some friends. They walked back to the plane and on the way dumped the man and his bags at a bus stop. Zoe had worked his mind similar to that of his wife, but she made him fear the woman. Alexandria was still passed out in Donny’s arms as they made it back to the plane.
They all wanted to wait until Alexandria woke up before they left. Just in case they forgot anything that she needed. Colby and Makayla went to find lunch for everyone. Donny never took his eyes of the woman in his arms and Cara just watched her son. An hour went by before Colby and Makayla returned with fish and chips for everyone. They ate in silence and as Donny popped the last shrimp in his dish into his mouth Alexandria’s eyes fluttered open.
“You came back for me?” She said relieved
“Now that I know the truth, nothing could keep me from you.” Donny told her
“I have been waiting for you to come back. I’m Alex by the way.” She whispered
“Hello Alex, I’m Donny, well actually Donovan.” He said
“Well if you are going to do that, I’m really Alexandria.” She smiled up at him.
Chapter 29
Back Home
Alex and Donny sat staring at each other for a while before Kaiden had to interrupt them. Since they had all eaten they needed to get in the air soon.
“I am sorry guys, I know the feeling all too well. But there are some things we need to tell Alex before we can get moving.” Kaiden said
“What do you need to tell me? The pull feeling I already know about, they eyes well he has the same little color spots in his that I do, oh and the guys with the red spots they have tried to kill me.” Alex says
“You have had run-ins with them then? How did you get away?” Zoe asked
“I block them from feeling me.” Alex says like they all should know what she is talking about.
“Huh, so you can block the pull?” Kaiden asks
“Well yeah, I kind of figured it out when I was sixteen and I had just gotten my best Dragon tattoo, when I came out of the shop five guys were waiting for me they had guns they told me they found me from the pull. So I pushed them out of the way and ran as fast as I could make my legs go and they chased me down. So I hid in a store and just thought that I need to try and not feel them or them not feel me. They said something about the pull and always being able to find me from that. So as I sat there I guess I did it because I could feel them, but they couldn’t feel me and they ran past where I was. Then a week ago three of them came in the coffee shop and I felt them, but they just sat there and drank coffee. Not even looking my way.” Alex babbled
“That is a good ability to have Alex. Now let me tell you what you really are. You were adopted right?” Kaiden asked and Alex nodded
“Donny I think she might believe it more if you told her.” Zoe said
“Right, well Alex you know about the pull, so six months ago at the circus, you must have dropped your block because I all of a sudden felt you. Anyway that pull feeling it tells us that another like you is near. Your eyes, our eyes, are another tell-tale sign. Now, I just found all of this out this morning too, so I am a little sketchy on the facts. You have a Dragon tattoo you said, can I ask why a Dragon?” Donny asked
“Well I actually have several Dragon tattoos I am kind of obsessed with anything Dragon.” Alex said shyly.
“Well then that should make this easier. You see we are all Dragons, or we can shift into one. I guess there are seven different races and you and me we are Fire Dragons. Those two with the pearly flecks are the King and Queen. They don’t really like the title, but it’s what they are. The two over there they have red flecks like the bad guys, but they are good, those two saved you. Then the six over there they have sand color flecks because they are Fury’s. Then my mother here and uncle and his mate are like us. I have been told there are Water, Earth, and Onyx too.” Donny tells her
Alex just stares at him with eyes wide and mouth open in an “O” position.
“Well the guys that tried to kill you have been killing all of us. I have been told that most of us have had bad lives like you. I was lucky because my mom lived and took me into hiding. I don’t know if your real parents are alive or if they are dead, but there are still ones we need to find. Also every Dragon born is only born if there is a soul mate for them. You are my soul mate and I’m so sorry I left you. I didn’t know until this morning what I was and what the pull was.” Donny said as he hung his head in shame
“Thank you.” Alex said looking at Vivi and Christian. “Thank you all for saving me. Donny, you did nothing wrong. If you say you didn’t know, I believe you. Right now I am just so happy that as soon as you found out you came back for me and saved my life. What did you all tell my mom?” Alex asked
“She is safe now. She thinks you went to live with friends and that she kicked that man out, and he won’t be going back there either. You will be able to call her once everything is settled.” Kaiden said. Then he told her everything else about the house and everyone there. He told her of how they will have to have sex to turn and that turned Alex’s face beet red. They all took turns and told her about the history of everything and the journal. They had taken off about two hours ago and it was
coming time for them to cross the border.
Kaiden and Zoe stood as Carmine told Cara, Donny, and Alex what they needed to say and do. They kneeled before Kaiden and Zoe and swore their fealty. Alex was taking all the news a lot better than they all expected. She showed them her Dragon tattoos and they all told her that the one on her back was almost identical to what her real Dragon form would look like, just not as ferocious. They landed a short time later and all got off the plane.
“Can one of you shift into your Dragon and show me? I have been obsessed since before I could remember.” Alex asked excitedly
Zoe laughed and shifted before anyone else could. Alex gasped and jumped back into Donny’s arms. He was just as shocked as Alex and just stared at her. Zoe had ripped the clothes right off her body.
“Ok well now Zoe gets to fly back. as we shift naked and shift back naked too. Cara you haven’t flown in years so would you like to join her?” Kaiden asked
Cara smiled huge and then looked around. “Don’t worry plenty of clothing at the house.” Kaiden told her. Cara stepped back and stood in total silence. She was concentrating on calling her Dragon and soon her shift began to take place. Her clothing ripped as her skin changed to scales and her legs grew in length and width. Her nails pushed out into claws and then her wings sprang forth. Her Dragon trembled with anticipation. Zoe jumped into the sky and Cara was quick to follow. They soared through the sky and Cara did a lot of flips and turns. She was going to fully enjoy this flight.
“Shall we head to the house now? I know I am eager to see my little girl.” Kaiden said. The jeeps were their waiting on them like always and everyone climbed in. When they got to the house Zoe was still in Dragon form sitting patiently waiting for a robe. Cara was still flying and you could hear her happy roars from the house. Mary came out of the front doors with Lily in one arm and a robe in the other looking up into the sky. Kaiden took the robe from her and walked over to a crouching human Zoe. She jumped into the robe and then ran to scoop Lily out of Mary’s arms.
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