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“It’s okay, baby, it’s okay, I’m here. I’m here.” He pulled her into his chest as the rain continued to fall around them.
“I thought I was helping you. I was standing up for you. I didn’t know Finch would ruin everything.”
“No, I should have listened to you. I was an ass. And Finch didn’t ruin everything. You didn’t. That’s what I am trying to say. I have been so focused on the divide between fae and shifter that I let it blind me. I let it blind me to so much. Especially to what we have. I will never let that happen again.”
Before she could respond, he pressed on. It seemed that he too could hardly contain all that he wanted to share with her.
“The headline worked. That might not have been the plan, but so what? It was still the right call. I should have listened to you in the first place.”
“Wait, what? What do you mean, the headline worked?”
“We got the dealer at least. And you were right, that’s what matters. The drugs are off the street. Finch was just trying to protect his own, just as I would have done.” And with the council pressuring him, Rocky had no choice but to run it.”
“So, I didn’t ruin everything?” She still could hardly believe it.
“No, not at all. Didn’t you hear what I said? It was me who almost ruined everything.” He paused and randomly kissed her full on the mouth. “Sorry, I’ve been wanting to do that since I got here, but I had a few things to say first.”
“It’s okay,” she said as she now took her turn and put her hands on his chest and then kissed him full on the mouth.
They stared at each other as they both caught their breath. “I was the scorpion, Bloom.” Dax said in a tone that implied he was sharing the deepest of truths “And I didn’t even see it.”
“You were the what?” she said, utterly confused now.
“I was the scorpion. I refused to look at things in any other way than how I have always seen them. I have been so angry with what I saw as fae attitudes about shifters that I couldn’t even see that maybe there was some truth in it.”
“Are you really Dax? Or are you a pod person?” she asked with mock suspicion.
“Oh, and that makes you the frog, by the way.”
“The what?” she said, playfully patting him on the chest.
“The frog, see, you gave me a ride across…” he began before trailing off. “Yeah, the analogy breaks down pretty fast.”
“But what about the buyer?” she said, still trying to understand exactly what had happened.
“We don’t know, not yet, but it doesn’t matter, Bloom. We got the drugs off the street. You were right, that is the important thing.”
Is he really saying these things?
She almost felt like she was having an out-of-body experience.
But it is real.
It was like somehow they had both ‘leveled up’.
Maybe we have.
“How did you find me anyhow?” she said. There was just so much to cover.
“I went to The Tree to look for you. Mack said you had gone for a run, and I know this is your route, so…”
She couldn’t help herself anymore and jumped into his arms. Then she pulled back and looked him in the eyes.
“I think at some point we are going to have to stop apologizing to each other,” he laughed.
“Maybe,” she said. “But just let me get it all out, okay? I should have trusted you. You are a good man. A good dragon. I just haven’t appreciated how much it must take to protect Fae Crossing. I know that is your mission. I should have supported you in that, not doubted and fought you. I’m sorry.” She kissed him again on the lips as he laced his hands in the small of her back as they gazed into each other’s eyes.
“I think I am almost done apologizing, okay?”
