Chapter 16

David

True to her word, he was sitting alone in the dining room three days later, when David began to feel like the hair on the back of his neck stand up. It reminded him of the feeling of being watched in a crowd. He recognized it immediately and began to scan the room looking for her.

Stormy suddenly appeared in his lap as if she had been sitting there the whole time. She threw her arms around him happily and snuggled against his neck. David quickly kissed her forehead. “Welcome home, Sweetness,” he whispered to her.

She ran her nose along the fabric of his shirt covering his chest. Stormy made the gestures to tell him she had missed him, before softly kissing his cheek.

“I missed you too, Sweetheart.” He told her as he put his nose against her mating mark and inhaled deeply. “Do you have time to be crowned my queen today?”

Stormy nodded in affirmation. She bit her lip, and pointed to the place a watch would go and made the symbol for small.

“You're telling me you have time for that, but not much else.” He said with a frustrated huff.

She nodded her head and rolled her eyes. She made the sign for Angie, and then cracked her hand like a whip. David couldn’t help himself, he began to laugh. Stormy chuckled and bit her lip.

Stormy glanced around the room with a furrowed brow and David realized she was looking for Daniel. She turned to him, drew a series of X’s and O’s in the air, and drew a small question mark on his chest.

“Sorry sweetheart, but Daniel isn't up yet. He rarely makes it to breakfast.” David said as he shook his head.

She shrugged and as if she suddenly realized she interrupted his breakfast she pointed to his plate. Stormy tried to climb out of his lap. She took her hand to her mouth in a way that made him remember that she meant food.

David tightened his arm around her waist. “Stay with me,” he said. “If our time is truly short, I don't want you away from me. I can eat breakfast with you sitting right here.” He said as he nuzzled her neck with his nose.

“Are you hungry?” He asked. “You can join me, My Sweet.”

Stormy nodded her head and made the sign for food. He slid his blackened meat plate to her. He scooped a piece of venison on his fork and I lifted it up with the intention of feeding her.

She sniffed it, turned a visible shade of green and jerk back away from it. He studied her for a moment. She told him her favorite food was fruit and at the banquet he had only seen her eat raw vegetables. She looked at him apologetically and bit her lip.

“Are you a vegetarian, Sweetness?” David asked her as he raised an eyebrow.

Stormy nodded her head emphatically and clapped her hands excitedly. David immediately called for a member of his staff, who appeared in the dining room doorway.

“Bring the queen, I plate of a fresh fruit and vegetables please,” he gently ordered. The server did a quick bow and disappeared. Seconds later he placed a heaping bowl of fruit and raw vegetables in front of the Stormy.

“It is so good to finally meet you, your highness.” The server said with another slight bow.

Stormy put her fingers flat to her chin and then moved them outward. “The queen says thank you,” David said as a servant looked at Stormy with a confused expression. “She does not waste words.” The king explained with a stern look, that dared his subject not to ask any more questions.

The servant made another quick bow. “Yes sir, please enjoy your breakfast.” He turned around and disappeared out of the dining room.

Stormy grabbed a strawberry off the top of the bowl and clapped her hands happily. She settled into his arms and began to bite it. She had eaten several while David studied her.

“You must have some fae in you.” David mused a loud. “It would explain the vegetarianism and your ability to teleport.”

Stormy shrugged her shoulders dismissively and began to chew on a carrot stick. David didn’t know if Stormy was purposely being vague about her lineage, or if she simply didn’t know herself. That was the second time she had evaded his question. The first time he asked about her species, she had told him that she was made up of everything.

“Where are your parents?” He asked her. Stormy again shrugged nonchalantly and continue chewing on the carrot stick.

“Who raised you?” David asked her.

She finished her carrot and made the sign for Angie. She waved her hand over her shoulder, made the symbol for Angie, the one for no and the one for understands. She bit her lip as she seemed to be waiting for him to understand.

“Past, Angie, no, understand,” He said as he thought.

“You don’t know or remember anything before you were with Angie.” He finally said and she clapped her hands and hugged him.

“So you don't know anything about your family, or where you came from?” He said sadly.

She shook her head but didn’t look sad. She pointed to him and back to herself, then touched each of her thumbs to her index fingers and drew a horizontal heart. David watched in fascination.

“Family” he blurted out. The flat heart meant family.

“Yes, Sweetness, me and Daniel are your family now.”

She smiled sweetly, and pressed her face against his shoulder. She chewed her lip happily. She reached up and drew a question mark on his chest.

“My father, the last king, passed when I was 400 so I became king. My mother died during clutching season when I was 300. She was able to give birth to Daniel. I have three younger cousins, two are adults and one is a teenage girl in her mid-one hundreds.” David explained.

Stormy looked at him with big eyes. She made the sign for dragon and drew an egg on his chest with her finger. She dropped her eye brows into a question.

“Royal golden dragons don’t lay eggs like other dragons. They have live heirs, that are raised to become king. I am a golden dragon king and you have some dragon blood so our children will be dragon princes and princesses.” David said as kissed her forehead.