Ate POVHow did it all go up in smoke? I know I did the right thing. She will be in danger if she is with me. There is no way to get past that fact. She is so much wiser than I gave her credit. She took what I said and knew from the start that I was lying. I don't even know how she did it. It still astonishes me. I needed to get this out of the way. I will not be weak in the eyes of my enemies.There is a knock on the door. I look up, and Mark enters. "Was that Samantha leaving here? Did you tell her?" His eyes went wide. "No, I did not tell her. She figured it out on her own. From what I could gather is that Jodie is a childhood friend before she got kidnapped. Her dragon smelled me on Jodie. That is when both women flipped out and came here." Mark began to laugh. "I wish I was here to see that. If there is one thing that I love, it is when a woman loses their mind about something other than me. Okay, back to business. I am here because of a whole other situation regarding Samant
Ate Pov "I came home from one of my drinking binges. I have lost my job earlier in the week. When I got home, my wife was gone. She took the kids and left me. There were two letters on the table. The first was from my wife explaining why she left and that I should never contact her again. The other letter was from an anonymous person. It had a check-in for fifth thousand dollars. It stated that there was a little girl that I need to pick up and keep with me at all times. It told me where I could find her and what time. I went to the location. I found a little girl there crying. They told me that she was a dragon and what medicine I should give her. They told me that as long as I keep her hidden from the world, they would send me money. And they did. Each month I would receive a check for five thousand dollars. I used that money to pay for her school fees and everything else that she needed. It was hard since I could not go back to work and look after a child." "And you don't know who
Ate Pov Mark left moments later. I sat back behind my desk. I need to figure out what I need to do. I have two options. I either have to give in to the fate that Samantha is my mate, or take one of the other females in my kingdom and mate with her. How can this be so hard? If I do take Samantha, I place her into danger once again. If I take one of the other females, my dragon will fight me for the rest of my life. That would be horrible. I sigh and clear my head. I need to focus on what is in front of me right now. I need to find out what happened to Samantha. I picked up my phone and called her parents. Mister Jackson picked up the phone. "Hi, king Ate. What can I do for you on this fine day." He still sounds happy. I guess Samantha hasn't told them what happened a few hours ago. "Will it be possible for you and your wife to come to the castle?" There was a moment of silence. "Did something happen to Samantha?" "No, I am just trying to piece together what happened all those ye
Samantha POV I wake up in a dark room. I am trying to figure out what the hell is going on. The last I remember is seeing Jodie on the side of the road. She was sitting in her car. I stopped behind her. she was crying. I remember a blow to the head and then darkness. I feel my head and found something hard. It was blood that already dried. The wound is closed. What the hell was going on? Why did I wake up in a room I do not recognize? I look around and see that I was placed on a moldy and old mattress. There is no bed. There was nothing else in the room. Not even a place to go to the bathroom. The mattress is on the floor. I can feel the cold through the mattress. I don't know how long I have been here. There is a small window on the wall behind me. The last rays of light are filtering through the window. It must have been hours, since my stomach is growling. I try to get up and realized that my foot is in shackles. I try pulling on it, but it was no use. There is a sharp pain
King Ate POV "You can not enter!" I look up to see Mister Jackson running into my office with one of my soldiers right behind him. "I need to speak to you!" Mister Jackson said ripping his arm out of my soldier's hands. I wave the soldier away and motioned to Mister Jackson to sit down. He sat down with a thump. You can see that his age is starting to catch up to his body. His movements have become stiff in these last few years. "What can I do for you, Mister Jackson?" I sat back and crossed my arms over my chest. "Samantha is missing." He had tears in his eyes as he looks back up. "What do you mean she is missing? I just saw her yesterday." I sat up straight. "When was she here? What was she doing here?" "She was here just before I called you to come for the meeting. Why she was here is not important. What is important is how do you know she is missing? Maybe she just went with her friend Jodie. I do remember she said that Jodie is a childhood friend." Mister Jackson sighed an
King Ate POV I dialed Kaleb's number. It went straight to voice mail. I tried a second time and after the third ring he picked up the phone. "Hi, this is Kaleb. To whom am I speaking?" He sounds winded, perhaps he was busy working ut. "Hi, Kaleb. This is King Ate from dragon island. Do you a moment to talk." "I have nothing to say to you. You can call my king." I hear his voice fading. This means he is going to drop my call. "Wait, please. This is about Samantha." I can hear the begging in my voice. I do not even know why I am begging. "You have one minute after that I am putting down the phone." I fill him in on everything that we have found out these last few days. I also told him about Samantha that went missing once again. I left out the fact that I am her mate. He does not need to know that. "You do know that I am not her favorite person right now? I sent her away. She would not want me to be the one to save her." "There is no time for personal feelings. One of my own
King Ate Pov I am on my way to receive the werewolves at the airport. Even with Mark there telling the soldiers that I gave the go-ahead, my soldiers still didn't want to let them into the island. I understand why they did it, I just need to tell them that they need to listen to Mark. My people still think that it was the werewolves that launched the attack on my father. I let them believe that. What they do not know is that it was my uncle that leads that attack. He felt that he should have been the one sitting on the throne. My father and his brother were twins. There is a rule that the oldest son gets the throne, but my grandfather told them that they need to fight it out amongst themselves. Since then I killed my uncle after I found out. Perhaps it is time for me to bury the hatchet with all the other species. If I am planning to take Samantha as my queen, I need to make sure that she is safe from attack from all sides. I walk towards the office at the back of the hangers. "
Kaleb POV King Franco and I were placed in rooms across from each other. I am currently walking up and down in my room. I don't understand how this happened? How did I not know what Samantha was? Dragons give off unique sent. They always smelt like burning rubber. They do not smell it, but we do. The door opens and King Franco walks in. "Stop beating yourself up. Even I didn't realize she was a dragon." The king went to sit on the only chair in the room. "It is different my king. I spent every day with her for a year." I look at him in desperation. There is nothing that he can say that will make me feel better about myself. I could have helped her. "She was given a specific medicine. It took away her dragon and that means that there is no way anyone could have smelled her. The medicine took away her dragon before it manifested. Now, can we please get to the work at hand? We are no use to her if we keep reliving the past. She needs us here in the present. Did you get a chance to f