Mated Enemies

When we get overheated and our skin starts feeling like shit, our tempers are known to flare. If that shit gets out of hand we can morph into our true form, in my case a dragon and that’s all I need for the asshole human brigade to go up in arms and start their pitchfork fuckery.

Since we’d been killing them out in droves back in the day, the meddling fucks that are our elders had decided that it was best if we avoided the sun altogether, which suits me just fine since I can rest all day and play all night, which for a freak like me is just about damn near perfect.

But I’ll be fucked if my wife is going to keep a different schedule than mine. “Where are you going?” Is this asshole for real? Leave it to the elders to send my most annoying relatives here to run herd on me. Or maybe they were looking for a way to get rid of them. Because sure as fuck the quickest way for them to end up dead is if they get in my damn way.

I jogged down the stairs leaving them for Dennis to deal with. His ass hadn’t been anywhere to be seen come to think of it. He hates company almost as much as I do, lazy ass.

Instead I heard them running to catch up. I guess they were under strict orders not to show their ass by using excessive energy while here. That’s something I’m very particular about, none of my guys are allowed to use their powers unless absolutely necessary.

I’d learned that shit the hard way over the centuries. It makes for an easier way of life, less hassle and we’re able to fit in much better with our human counterparts. Some asshole humans back in the day had got the bright idea to capture some of us and use us for experiments when we got too free with our movements.

That didn’t end well for them, but to avoid that shit again it’s best if we’re nothing more than a guessing game. Let them live in a perpetual state of wondering if we’re real or not. Smart as their race is supposed to be they still don’t understand fully the old adage, where there’s smoke there’s fire.

I hopped on my bike and was down the driveway before they made it to their cars. I didn’t use my senses this time since I knew where she was but when I got closer I realized she wasn’t there. Where the fuck is she this time of evening?

I opened my senses and went searching. She wasn’t too far, just a few short miles away. I turned the bike around and headed in her direction letting her scent lead me this time. I stopped in the parking lot of the little rundown shack masquerading as a restaurant.

The smell of grilling meat and grease reached my nose reminding me that I hadn’t eaten yet. I turned up my nose at the establishment. Not since my wayward youth have I eaten in a place like this. I saw the others pulling in just as I reached the door.

I didn’t wait for them but went on ahead. They weren’t all bad but some of them I could do without. Even though I’m the heir, some of them think because of their age that I should be more reverent in their presence. This is the reason I steer clear because I don’t do reverence for shit.

I found her as soon as I walked in, sitting at a table with three other women who all turned and looked when I walked through the door. For the barest of seconds I let my guard drop and gave her a taste of my essence. She damn near fell out the chair and the four of them kept a wary eye on me all the way to my table.

I made sure to find a seat where I could keep her in my sights as my family came in and joined me, pulling another table over to join the one I was sitting at to make room for all eight of us. It’s a testament to what the elders expect that they’d sent so many to watch over me.

“What’s this place uncle Lucien?” One of my younger cousins, Vespasian asked as he took the seat closest to me. Of all of them he’s the one I like best, maybe because he’s much younger and has always looked up to me.

“I don’t know, this is my first time here.”

“But…”

“She’s here.” I cut him off before he could ask why I’d come to such a place as this with my eclectic palate. “Don’t look at her.” I warned all of them when they turned to look. “And for fuck sake turn down your essence before you scare the little fairies half to death.”