Mal snarled with frustration, making the rest of her pack wince. They'd failed the first attempt to gain Fairy Godmother's wand, and while the little omega Jane seemed to be swayed enough by Mal's alpha charms even she couldn't help them get the wand. To top it all off her spark of dragon flame had become an ember, one that seemed to pulse stronger whenever a certain prince decided to attempt to spend time with her and it was beginning to irritate her. She didn't like people getting under her skin and he was doing just that.
Walking up to Mal's door he couldn't seem to stop grinning like a fool. He found himself enjoying her sarcastic wit, the way she wore her dominance like a cloak, and he was slowly becoming addicted. The beast within him was like a little lion cub, bounding and frollicing with joy every time he saw her. Her presence was both a soothing balm and a shot of catnip, leaving him content but aching for more. In fact, the more he saw her, the more his beast reacted. Taking a deep breath he knocked on her door.
Closing the door in his face Mal was even more irritated than before. The flame was like an itch under her skin but no matter what she did she couldn't seem to scratch it. Glancing around the room she perused her options. Evie was the obvious choice, the delicate and beautiful princess could turn any man's head, and yet as cruel as Mal was she couldn't bring herself to hurt one of her pack by forcing them to pretend to love someone they didn't. Carlos was more demure than Jay but she doubted a love potion would be strong enough to make Ben desire one of them. No, it would have to be her, and she'd just have to pray she was strong enough not to roast the prince on the spot the moment he did anything…romantic. Even the word left a sour taste in her mouth.
One love spell later and Mal couldn't believe how easily her plan had worked, although she could've done without the incredibly public declaration. Oh she had noticed Jay and Carlos encouraging Ben to go bigger and louder and they would definitely be tasting her wrath for that one, but right now she had bigger fish to fry. Namely trying to work out what the hell she was meant to do on a date. At least she could console herself that every moment she shared with Ben would be another knife driven into the granddaughter of the woman who wronged her mother.
Of course, when Evie explained to her what happened on a date Mal was expecting for him to take her somewhere she could focus on anything other than him, like a movie or a meal. She certainly wasn't expecting him to take her on a picnic at a breath-taking location. The serenity of the lake meant that even the delicious array of food couldn't distract her from his presence, especially when he was being so attentive and sincere.
She knew alphas on the Isle, they took what they wanted and didn't care about who they trampled in their wake, herself included. Yet here was Ben, an alpha, rejecting his dominance because he couldn't stand the thought of compelling another to as he wished. As much as she wanted to claim it was her love spell she knew it was all him. The longer she spent in his company the more she began to question her existance. Was she really as good as he believed she was or was she destinied to be just like her mother? Biting her lip she shook those thoughts from her head, it was just the spell talking, he didn't actually see anything in her, just the lust she'd forced him to feel.
Snapping out of her thoughts she glanced around at the still waters, he'd been swimming there just a moment ago. Wide green eyes scanned the waters for any sign of him, panic rising with every second she couldn't see him. The ember inside her burst into flame and she found herself leaping into the water, plunging forward to try to save the man who was becoming an annoying obsession for her.
The sound of thrashing caught Ben's attention, the blond swimming around the rock before leaping into action. Swimming up underneath the fairy he lifted her out of the water, carrying her to safety before setting her down carefully on the ruins. To find her so worried about him, trying to save him despite not being able to swim warmed his heart. She had feelings for him, even if she refused to acknowledge them, and yet that knowledge tore at his heart. He knew he loved her and that would just make things all the more painful when one of them found a mate. Two alphas could never be together. No matter how much they loved each other eventually one of them would fall prey to an omega's heat and that would be the end. Shaking those thoughts from his head, and the water from his hair, he climbed up beside Mal, if they only had a brief time together he intended to enjoy ever minute of it.
May your thoughts and creativity flow,
Lady Ami DragonHeart