Chapter 11

David

“Are you asking me not to be angry with you?” David asked with a concerned expression.

She clapped her hands and nodded. He knew she was happy that he understood her. She pointed at the water and used her two left fingers bent over her right fingers to look like a chair. David understood she wanted him to sit back down. She climbed into his lap and put her head on his chest while he held her.

“I’m not angry, but you really scared us. We need to know where you were.” David insisted.

Her brow furrowed and she seem to be concentrating hard. “Training.” He heard her but again it sounded small and far away.

“What kind of training? He asked her. He wondered what was so important it would drag her out of bed in the middle of the night and make her disappear for days on end.

Stormy seemed to consider for a moment. She chewed on her lip. He could almost see her arguing with herself. He knew part of her was either unwilling or afraid to tell him. Finally she touched his face and again drew the heart on his chest. She placed her palm over it than pointed at him and made the gesture for understand.

“You want me to know that you care about me. Is that right?” He said as he hugged her closer to him. ‘I know,” he said. “You can trust me, just like I trust you, My Sweet.”

Stormy nodded her head and then held up a fist so that her fingers were pointed towards the ceiling. She opened it and flames danced in her palm. She quickly closed her hands and the fire went out. Then she put her finger over her lips which he understood mean quiet.

Suddenly he understood why she had been so nervous. Magic like that was rare, sought after, and highly coveted. It could be dangerous, and many people feared magic users. Most natural mages were killed or taken as slaves.

David kissed Stormy’s temple. “I understand why you didn’t say anything before. This is our secret. But you should have told me you were leaving instead of disappearing, Sweetness.”

Stormy shook her head and put her hands on each side of his face. She put her forehead to his and looked sad. She first pinched her thumb and index finger together quickly while holding them vertically while shaking her head.

“That means no.” He said as he copied her. She nodded her head emphatically and looked happy that he understood.

Next, she pointed to herself and made the sign for no. She wrapped her hand into a c shape and pulled it across her chest and then pulled the C shape down towards her stomach like she was drawing a T. She paused and waited but he shook his head.

She pointed to herself and then make a gesture like something was exploding. She again pointed to herself, made the sign for no, and began to gesture wildly wiggling her fingers.

“You don’t have control.” He said in horror as he realized she may not have wanted leave them at all. She clapped her hand telling him he figured out what she was trying to say.

She pointed to herself, and made two claw hands facing upward and drug the air to her, and then pointed to him. He was stumped a minute and it suddenly hit him. “The two claws, that means want.” She clapped her hands again. “You’re trying to tell me you want to be here, aren’t you Sweetness.”

Stormy nodded her head, clapped her hands and hugged him. “I want you here as well.” He said as she cuddled against him. “I don’t want you to leave.”

Stormy again made the sign that she understood. She pointed to herself and made the motion for want. Then pointed far away made the sign for no. She pointed far away and drug her finger back to herself and then pointed to him. Finally she made the gesture for want again.

David cocked said to the side. “Do you mean you don’t want to leave, but that when you have to, you’ll come back.”

She clapped her and smiled at him. She pointed to herself, she made the sign for want, and again made the cupped C hand into the T before again showing him a tiny flame in her hand.

“The T means control.” He said out loud as he figured out what she was trying to say. “You want to learn to control your magic.”

She nodded her head. She pointed to herself, she made the sign for no, she pointed to him and then she drew her finger across his neck.

He didn’t need an interpreter for that one. She was afraid she would hurt him. He put his forehead to hers. “I’m not afraid of you.” He told her. “You won't hurt me, My Sweet.”

The look on Stormy's face, made him painfully aware that she was not so sure. He didn’t know what all she could do, but he was beginning to think it was more than a simple flame. After all, everyone knew dragons can’t be burned.

David looked down at Stormy for the first time and noticed that she was wearing a cute simple black swimsuit. It was the perfect outfit for the hot tub. It seem odd to him that if she was randomly popping in, that she would be dressed for the occasion.

“How did you know I was in the hot tub, My Sweet?” He asked her with a confused expression.

She giggled and pointed to her eyes, and then to a spot in the middle of her forehead. “You could see me in your mind?” he asked her. Stormy shook her head yes, and then folded her hands beside her face like she was sleeping.

“You can see me in your dreams, My Sweet.” He clarified and she clapped her hands wildly and smiled.

“When did it start,” he asked?

Stormy made her hand into the biting motion and clamped it down on her mating mark. She bit her lip seductively.

“Can I see you when I dream?” He asked her. He suddenly began to think he wasn’t dreaming but was instead seeing the training she mentioned.

She held her hands up like she wasn’t sure. She pointed to the middle of his forehead, and then made a question mark on his chest.

“I saw you in a field dodging fireballs, and then I saw you making a bubble like a force field.” David explained.