I would like to thank Rivermoon1970 and Bobdog54 for their help on this chapter. I did make changes after, so any new mistakes are purely my own.

XXXXX

Danny considered the two of them; his eyes darted from one to the other. There was obviously something going on between them, or had been at least. His head vibrated as a feeling of jealousy reared its ugly head. He couldn't understand why he suddenly felt that way. Danny hated the fact that Steve had a history with this woman. Steve was his? He shook his head trying to get rid of these crazy thoughts that he seemed to be infected with. He reached out and tried to grab hold of something as dizziness suddenly hit him.

'Danny, are you alright?' Steve seized the other man's arm as soon as he started to sway. He needed to make sure that his mate was going to be okay.

'I'm fine Steve.' Danny smiled at him and patted the hand that was still gripping his bicep. 'I'll leave you with...' His voice faded off, they hadn't actually been introduced yet, and he wasn't sure what her relationship was with Steve

'Lieutenant Catherine Rollins.' She replied coolly, as her eyes roamed over the smaller man. There was obviously something between the two men and she didn't like it one bit.

'I'm Detective Danny Williams; it was nice to meet you Lt Rollins.' Danny sent a smile her way before he made his escape. He wasn't going to get dragged into anything that happened between the two of them.

'So, who is Detective Danny Williams?' Catherine demanded, her hands now resting on her hips as she glared at the one she considered to be her dragon.

Steve finally drew his gaze from the retreating figure of his partner and turned to glare at her. 'Danny's my partner.'

'What do you mean partner? He's a police officer, you're in the Navy? How the hell can you be partners? Why are you lying to me?' She almost shouted the final question.

'I've transferred to the reserves. I am now running the Governor's task force. I have to find my father's killer. Danny was the cop on the case; he's now helping me with that.' His tone was cold; Danny was not a subject he was willing to discuss with her. Steve didn't like her tone, or the way she treated his partner.

Catherine glanced around the office. She had to get them back on track and the conversation away from the other man. 'I guess Hawaii is nice enough. I could get used to it.' She wrapped her arms around his neck. Steve seemed to not want her around. She had to make him remember how good they were together. Strong hands grabbed hold of her arms and pulled them away from him. He then took a step back from her. 'Steve?'

'Catherine, there can't be an, us anymore.' Steve felt physically sick at the thought of being with anyone except Danny. This wasn't how he wanted to end things with her, but he didn't have a choice. He'd picked who he wanted to mate and bond with, and it wasn't with the female brunette in front of him, but the male blonde that had just left.

'Steve, what's going on? I thought that we were moving forward with this thing between us, that we were going to mate, and then bond.'

'Things have changed since we last spoke. I was going to contact you. I never expected you to just turn up.' Steve took a deep breath before he continued. 'Cath…'

'I'm going to my hotel. I'll talk to you later.' Catherine left as quickly as she could. She still managed to send a glare Danny's way as she passed his office. This was not over, not by a long shot. Steve was her mate, and they would bond. No one was going to get in the way of that. She had to make a plan; she was after all a smart woman.

XXXXX

A man watched as the female naval officer stormed out. Lt Catherine Rollins, if his information was correct. He grabbed his cell and dialled. 'I have a solution to your problem. I'll meet you in the usual place.'

XXXXX

Catherine sat at the bar nursing a cocktail. Her thoughts were still on what had happened earlier. She felt someone push her slightly as they sat down next to her. She could feel his eyes on her; this wasn't something that she was in the mood to deal with right now. Catherine turned to make it clear that nothing was going to happen, and they should try somewhere else. Her mouth fell open as she looked into the smirking face of Victor Hess.

'Lt Rollins, how much would McGarrett miss you? I bet it wouldn't be as much as I miss my brother.'

That was when it hit her. She had the solution to her problem. 'Your information is not very up to date. Steve's found someone else.' Catherine replied coolly as she took a sip of her drink.

The terrorist watched her intently. 'That's convenient.'

'It's true, why else would I be here by myself drinking cocktails? Do I look like I'm having a good time? I should be with Steve in bed talking about mating.'

'So why did the almighty McGarrett throw you to the roadside then?' He wanted as much information as he could get so he could check it out. If she was lying he would be back for her. If the Lieutenant was telling the truth he would kidnap whoever this new person was.

'Detective Daniel Williams.' Catherine told him bitterly.

'McGarrett dumped you for a man? Were you that bad, he had to switch?' Victor smirked at the deadly glare she sent his way. If this information was correct it could make things a little more interesting. Victor walked away without waiting for an answer. He had to find out more about this detective. He never noticed the smile that graced Catherine's face as he walked away deep in thought.

XXXXX

Catherine finished off her cocktail and ordered another. The first drink was going to be the start of a way to try and forget and the second was for a celebration.

XXXXX

Victor hadn't always been like this. He was thrilled when he became an Alpha dragon. He had his brother and his wing. Then his brother got into trouble, and the people that he was supposed to trust wouldn't help. He went to get Anton himself. He had never gotten over the anger he'd felt at his wing after seeing what torture Anton had gone through. The two of them soon made use of his new skills. They became very good at their very illegal business. That was until McGarrett appeared on the scene, and now because of that SEAL he was truly alone in this world. He wouldn't stop until he felt that revenge had been handed out. The death of the elder McGarrett hadn't been enough, so now it was up to who he loved. Was it the lovely Lieutenant, or the delicious Detective? It didn't matter to him either way. Victor smiled to himself. He could take out both of them. 'Decisions, decisions, what to do?'

XXXXX

Steve pushed his foot down and the car began to pick up speed. They finally had a solid lead on where Hess was. He smiled as Danny reached out and grabbed hold of the handle as he pushed the police car to go even faster. He knew that this vehicle may not come out of a firefight and didn't want his partner to be upset over his Camaro. No, it wasn't Danny anymore, it was Danno. Steve liked the nickname. Hell, he liked everything about his new partner.

There was one thing that did concern him, he hadn't heard from Catherine. She wasn't one to give up so easily. Once he'd dealt with his father's killer, he would sit Danny down and tell him everything. He had to do it soon as Gibbs and Tony were coming over. They wanted to talk to Danny about being a Wyvern. It wasn't going to go well he already knew that.

XXXXX

'What now?' Danny groaned as Steve had his weapon in hand. He followed his partner shooting as he did so.

'Keep them busy.' Steve ordered as he slipped between two containers and vanished from sight.

'How the hell can I be back up if I don't know what he's going to do, and he won't tell me?' Danny muttered as he killed the last armed man. Something felt wrong; there should've been more men. It had to be a trap for McGarrett. 'Steve.' Danny yelled hoping it would bring people his way. He ran off in the direction he'd seen his partner disappear.

XXXXX

The deep dark red dragon growled as he heard his mate call out. He wasn't the only one though. Hess saw the little human appear, and noticed that McGarrett was trying to drive him away from the detective. It seemed as if the little Lieutenant hadn't been lying. He had verified they were no longer together, but couldn't get anything on the two men being in a sexual relationship. Before he would finally be out of reach Victor swung his dark brown tail around and hit Danny directly in the chest and throwing him into the ocean.

Steve turned away from Hess and shifted back into human form before he dove into the water. There was no other thought except to reach his mate. Hess shifted, and stood for a moment longer watching. He'd never thought that the SEAL would ever stop at trying to make him pay. Something had changed; it was more than just the two men getting together. McGarrett really cared about this pitiful human. When he looked up Danny Williams, he had found out that there was no dragon blood in him so why was Steve so obsessed with his safety? Victor hoped that the detective lived, and then Steve would find out once again what it was like to lose someone you loved. He would get a proper vengeance for his brother. The McGarrett's weren't a close family, but maybe the death of Danny Williams would destroy Steve. He had plans to make assuming blondie survived.

XXXXX

Steve managed to reach Danny and drag him back up to the surface. He could see that his mate was still breathing as he carried him out of the water. The Drake held his soon to be Wyvern tightly against him. Hess was an Alpha and with his tail striking Danny, no matter what the other man wanted he was going to become a dragon whether he wanted to or not. Would he want Steve after all this? It was his fault that it had happened in the first place.

TBC