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Morgan's POV

Everyone is going out today with the guys we met yesterday. Even me. Amkay is so strong and silent that I can't help but get nervous. I have gone through everything that happened last night and am so excited to see him again. Even though he towers over me I can still manage to see his best features. We are all supposed to meet at the spring today. My heart races as I count down the time. What will it be like when I see him today?

Amkay's POV

I shift into my dragon form. I am almost all black but have purple accents down my back and around my face. My wings expand and I feel the adrenaline rush. I am a smaller dragon clan so my dragon isn't as big as the others. My clan is known for speed and stealth so I power behind my wings. I only give one push of my wings and I'm off the ground. The others take more power to lift their heavy bodies. Don't get me wrong, they are specialized in their clans but are slower than I can be. I turn my direction towards the spring where we will meet up with the girls. My dragon roars at thought of seeing our mate again. Calm down will you. Someone might hear or our mate will. Sorry Amkay. I'm just excited to see her. I know only too well what he means. My friends behind me roar as well. Enway lets out some fire by accident and almost catches Zicko with it. He turns around and growls. We are all alpha's of our clans since we are the most powerful dragons and bonded the earliest known to our species. Reasons that are still unclear. However Zicko and I are in competition with others for the spot of dragon king. The strongest dragon from each clan is honored with the chance for the next spot. Zicko was nominated when he turned sixteen and I was chosen at seventeen. Most contenders are only forty years old as being the youngest. Since dragons live a long time we are revered and respected even though we are young. Even the older dragons are impressed with how far we have gotten. Our trials are extreme and very stressing. If you give out before the time you get disqualified. No dragon wants that but we are closely monitored by doctors and told when we need to get out. So far me and Zicko have made it to the preliminaries and are competing with twenty other dragons of varying ages. I won't say that it is easy but we haven't really been challenged yet. That is saying a lot about our strength. We reach the spring and see the girls are already there. We bank into the trees to avoid them seeing us. We land quietly and shift back. We have the ability to keep our clothes when changing forms but if you don't focus entirely then you don't get the entirety of your clothes back. Case in point, Finax didn't focus on his shirt so he has no top on.

"Oh man. Someone give me a shirt. I can't focus with my mates scent around me." He says

I laugh as do the others. Zicko laughs the hardest though and everyone stops to hear a sound we never heard before. He stops and wipes tears from one eye and walks to the spring. His abrupt stop makes us a little unsteady but walk after him. I could instantly find her scent. It smelt of pine and mint which called to me like a drug. I let out a growl and felt my eyes glow. Cut it out. I do not want her scared of us. Mate. I want to be closer. I do too but if you scare her by getting to close to the surface then we will lose her. We already have enough speculation because of my hair and eyes being non human. She looked beautiful in her practical clothes. She was easy to be myself with. She wasn't one of those girls who needed a lot of time to pick out the perfect clothes. She went for comfortability and practical for the occasion. She captured my eyes and I couldn't look away. My heart tripped over itself and I sucked in breath. The others were pretty much the same way. I felt bad for Lina though because she had to deal with a shirtless Finax. Not that he's ugly but there isn't much to look at. He is skinny and flat unlike the rest who have varying degrees of muscle. She came closer and her scent got stronger. It swirled in my head and made me mindless. I smiled and she shyly looked down at her feet. My world stands in front of me and I have no idea how to reach out to her. Got any ideas?