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But his dragon was still happy.
Of course.
Mate.
That stopped him dead in his tracks.Ohh, no. No no no. Don’t even go there.
But the feeling, the conviction pouring off his dragon was unmistakable.
Great.Just what he needed.
* * *
“You don’t thinkMarius tipped them off or something, do you? Maybe playing both sides?” Rollo was saying as he and Dax sat at the Den winding down a little later.
“I don’t think so, man. You should have heard the fear in his voice when we were talking. No, he is more afraid of the Fae Council than of these dealers, I’d say. I just don’t think it was our day.”
“Right,” Rollo said.
They both sipped in silence for a few minutes as they came down off the adrenalin high that accompanied any operation, even one that took them nowhere, like today’s.
“So?” Rollo finally said.
“So what?”
“Oh, please. Come on,” Rollo answered.
Dax was silent for a minute. “Is it that obvious?”
“Uhh. Yeah,”
“Great.” Dax laughed. Then groaned. “I don’t know.” Dax was silent for another minute. Rollo didn’t say anything.
“My dragon gave me the mate vibe today. Right at the end. You believe that? And about a half-fae.” Dax looked at his lieutenant. “You’re not gonna help me out here, are you?”
“There’s worse things that can happen to you besides finding a good woman.”
Dax laughed again. “You think she’s a good woman? Half-fae and all?”
“Ah, come one, it’s fun to make fun of the fae, and yeah, generally speaking they are freaky as hell. But on a one to one basis, they’re just like we are. At least that’s what I’ve always thought.”
“Damn, you really are gunning for pack counselor.” Dax took another sip off his beer. “You know I’ve never been in any hurry with getting a mate, though. And come on, tell me your wolf doesn’t get all mate sick at the drop of a hat. Mate this and mate that. I think I am just exhausted.”
“Dax, come on. Don’t tell me you believe any of that. I told you two years ago she was different. For you. There was something between you two. Thereis. I mean, it’s one of those two plus two equals five things.”
“Two plus two equals five?”
“You know what I mean.” Rollo took a long swig of his beer.
“So, maybe I’m overthinking it?”
“Look, boss, I don’t really know what you’re doing, and I can’t really say for you. I can just tell you what I have seen. And what I see is that you are sort of… I don’t know. Maybe more, um… grounded? Centered? Like something about you with her just feels right. I just don’t want to see you pass on a good thing. To be honest, I am a little jealous,” Rollo said as he got up. “I love you, brother. Like I said, I just want to see you happy. I have to get back to the kids. Nanny’s gonna kill me if I’m late.”
“Okay, brother,” Dax said as he watched Rollo leave.
Two plus two equals five.He would have to think about that.
But first they needed to get this scum off the street and secure Fae Crossing, and that was proving to demand a little more patience than he had bargained on.
