The Moon Goddess' Daughter

Chapter 3

Drake’s POV-

I was so eager to claim my mate this morning, that I have done nothing but think about it since. I was distracted by the hunt that Robert had set up. But I wasn’t the only one. Elijah was distracted too, it was his birthday and his mate was held captive by our enemy. Plans were all in place to rescue her though. Elijah’s parents wanted today to be special for both of them, not just him but Elisa too. This was her birthday too.

When I returned from the hunt, finding Elisa almost naked, in our room, I was ready to take her against the nearest surface. I am twenty-two now, and I am still a virgin, because I swore that I would wait for Elisa. I swore that we would wait until she turned eighteen. She is eighteen today, so I found it hard to restrain myself from claiming her and giving her every pleasure she deserves. I smiled at my reflection in the mirror, I was dressed in suit trousers and a red silk dress shirt. It clung to my muscles. I still can’t get over how much different I look compared to my father. My muscles are twice the size of my father’s and slightly bigger than Robert’s. I could see why so many girls would stare at me, and earn a furious growl and death stare from Elisa. She was always so possessive over me and I love it, because I am the same as her. I don’t like it when any male lays a hand on her.

Right now, I need to escort my mate to her birthday party, which I intended to propose to her at, in front of everyone. I had a speech prepared and everything. I was nervous, I was going to propose to her in front of the Lycan pack, the hybrid pack, and my people. I also knew someone the Blue Moon pack would be present as they are family to Elisa. I reached into my bag and pulled out the tiny black box which held the ring inside it. I tucked it into my jacket pocket, before putting my suit jacket on. Then I left the walk-in wardrobe.

I found Elisa in her beautiful red dress, with her long silky smooth legs sadly covered up by nude tights or stockings. She was sitting with her legs crossed, the split at the front of the dress allowed it to fall either side of her legs, leaving them almost completely on display. I am certain I caught a glimpse of the top of the stockings she was wearing under that dress. She really looked like the goddess she is, and I really can’t wait to continue my worship of her heavenly body. Thinking about this morning really didn’t help the hard on I have for my mate.

“My goddess, you look so sexy and beautiful,” I smirked, as she jumped up, flinging her arms around my shoulders.

“My goddess,” she c****d an eyebrow.

I had never called her that before, but it fit her well, she was a demi-goddess after all. I smiled, “Well, you are a demi-goddess, and you are mine. Plus, your beauty rivals any goddess. So, I think you are worthy of that nickname.”

Her beauty really did rival the gods. She was a beautiful cute little thing when I met her, but over the years she has grown and filled out in all the right places, making her one goddess of a woman.

“Well, aren’t you sweet,” she giggled.

“Come on, we need to make a move down to your party, the guests are arriving, and I want you to spend time with everyone, before I sweep you away,” I smirked, as I pulled her body flush against mine.

She let out a little giggle of excitement, one that I have always loved. I offered her my arm, and guided her out of our room and down to the throne room, which was where the party was being held. Elijah was greeting guests when we got downstairs, but I could see it in his eyes, he was forcing the smiles and laughter. He really was not happy at the moment. I can’t blame him. I would be the same in his situation. Being separated from your mate is the hardest thing in the world, I know, but at least I knew my mate was safe with her family. Elijah doesn’t have that luxury.

We headed straight to him, so Elisa could greet her guests too. Elijah smiled when he saw us join him. I clapped him on the back, and smiled, “And, how are you, my brother?”

I saw him as my brother, just as much as I saw Kenneth as my brother. They are and always will be family to me. Elijah gave me a half-hearted smile, “I am good, brother.”

“Elisa, my love, I am just going to have a man to man talk with your brother over there for a moment. We will be right back,” I wrapped my arm around Elijah’s shoulders as I spoke.

She smiled, nodding her head, before going back to greeting the guests. I almost had to drag him over with me. I whispered, “So, why don’t you talk to me? If you think that fake smile is convincing anyone, then you are mistaken.”

“I... I... just can’t be happy, knowing where my mate is, and not having her with me to celebrate what is meant to be one of the most joyous days of my life, reaching an age where I can find and claim my mate, and take over as King, if my father thinks I am ready. It hurts so much,” Elijah whispered, stumbling over his words.

"But Diana isn’t old enough for you to mark and mate her, is she,” I inquired.

He simply shook his head. I nodded, “Many wolves and Lycans go for years without finding their mates, it is even worse for dragons. Your father didn’t know of the dangers that your mother was in, before they were old enough to mate. I was separated from my mate for years due to a war. Elisa never knew if anything had happened to me, and your father sure as hell wouldn’t have let her come be with me until she reached eighteen. What I am trying to say is, it hurts being separated from your mate, especially when you know and you know that they could be in danger, but you can make it one more night. Then we will rescue her together tomorrow. You know above all else that with us, as a team, nothing can stand in our way.”

I paused, watching him closely. He slowly nodded. I smiled, “Try to enjoy this night, you have so many family members and friends around you. Be strong, and don’t let anyone see you falter. You are the future King. This time tomorrow you will have Diana in your arms, and be able to kiss her.”

He smiled at that last thought. A genuine smile.

“We should get back to my sister. I shouldn’t keep her away from her mate much longer. Drake, thank you. Honestly, you do so much for my sister, and seeing her happy is the only thing I want for her. Take care of her and love her. She loves you more than you know,” Elijah said.

The way he said it made it sound like a last goodbye. But I shook it off, thinking he was just being protective of his little sister. I nodded, “Elijah, she is my world, she is all I want for the rest of my life.”

“And, I bet you can’t wait to put a hatchling inside her,” Kenneth said as we approached him.

“Hatchling,” Elijah gave us a puzzled look.

I chuckled, “It is what we, dragons, call our babies. I believe you call your babies pups. Of course, I can’t, I need an heir and we both would make some beautiful little hatchling pups.”

“Okay, I didn’t need to know that. But I didn’t know that dragons called their babies hatchlings. I imagine it is different for every supernatural creature,” Elijah smiled.

“Oh, it is. We, vampires, call our babies, offspring,” Cornelius interjected as he approached us with his arm around Paige.

“Well, I bet you can’t wait to have some offspring with Paige,” Kenneth smirked.

Only for Paige to blush a bright red, and Cornelius chuckled lightly, “Yes I can’t.”

“Let’s be real here. Every man here can’t wait to put a pup, hatchling, or offspring inside his mate. I certainly can’t wait to bare a hatchling of my own,” Elisa interjected, coming up behind me.

Paige went to Elisa and hugged her, whispering, “Thank god, you arrived.”

Paige returned to Cornelius’ arms, while I wrapped my arm around Elisa. I smiled at her, “I think we should all get some drinks, don’t you?”

“Yeah, I am going to need a few tonight,” Elijah said.

“Shots,” Paige giggled, grabbing Elisa by her hand and dragging her from my arms.

Cornelius and I both stood there stunned for a moment, watching our mates run off, before we looked at each other, and began chuckling. We wrapped our arms around each other’s shoulders, and followed after them. Cornelius and I had become quite close over the years, since he helped my people. We spent a lot of time together, not only because Elisa is the Queen of the Hybrids and he is the Alpha of the Hybrid pack, but he is Elisa’s best friend’s mate. I would have to say that he is like a brother to me now. Elijah ran passed us to catch up with the ladies. Kenneth did too.

“Are you excited for tonight,” Cornelius asked.

“For everything that is going to happen, hell yes,” I smiled, nervously.

“Don’t be nervous, a blind and deaf man could see that she loves you,” Cornelius chuckled.

As we got to our mates, they shoved shots of what smelled like tequila into our hands. Kenneth smirked, "Well, bottoms up."

We all drank the shots in our hands. Paige and Elisa both shouted cheers of joy, just before the music came to an end, and Robert stepped up on to the stage, with a microphone in hand. He smiled out on to the crowd.

“Thank you everyone for coming to my twin pups' eighteenth birthday. I honestly can’t believe they are eighteen already, and I couldn’t be more proud of them both. My little Elisa is now a Queen, and has found her mate. I am so very proud of the beautiful, brave young woman you have become. You truly are an incredible ruler. My son and heir, Elijah, I am so proud of the man you have become, you will be an incredible King one day. Elijah has been lucky enough to find his mate, and for those of you coming with us tomorrow, we will be rescuing her as well. Now, I do believe that King Drake wants to say something,” Robert's voice echoed on the sound system that had been blasting music out only a few moments ago.

My nerves hit me like a freight train at that point, but I still strode up to the front stage, to take the microphone from Robert. As I got on stage, I saw Elisa and all our family moving towards the front of the stage. Elisa seemed a little surprised that I was going up on stage. I nodded to Robert, who handed me the microphone, came close and whispered, “Good luck,” in my ear.

I smiled, before turning out on the crowd. I could not only see my people, who were coming to wish the birthday twins a happy birthday, but also the Hybrid pack and Lycan pack. So many had come to wish them a happy birthday, including many leaders from the beast population. They all wanted to wish their future king a happy birthday, and wish their only Princess a happy birthday.

“Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate this joyous day with us. Many of you will already know that Elisa and I are mates. Elijah is like a brother to me. So, I wanted to come up here on stage and wish them both a Happy Birthday, and I want everyone to shout it too. Ready, three, two, one.”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY,” everyone shouted, clapping and cheering.

I waited a moment for everyone to fall silent again, before I continued, “Elisa, would you join me, please?”

I held my hand out, she took it straight away. I helped her on to the stage. She smiled up at me, as I took her left hand in mine. I cleared my throat, before meeting her curious gaze head on.

“Elisa, I know we aren’t marked or mated yet, but because I am a dragon, I have known that you are my mate, ever since I was nine years old. You figured it out after you turned ten, that I was your mate. All we could do was date and spend time together. That is what we have spent the last eight years doing. I have loved every second of it. Now, looking back at the beginning when I first saw you, it was love at first sight. It wasn’t just the mate bond. I hadn’t even met you yet, and I knew you were perfect in everyway. One of the most kind, caring and fearless souls I have ever met. Elisa, I love you with all my heart. You will soon bare my mark and be mated to me; you will become my Queen. One day, you will bear my children. I know how much you want them. There is only one more thing I want to make you, and that is my wife,” I paused, pulling the box from my pocket, and dropping down on one knee in front of her, and everyone watching us.

I met her tear-filled gaze, as her right hand clutched her chest. I opened the box, and continued, “Elisa Phoebe Grace Augustus, will you do me the incredible honour of becoming my wife?”

A little sob left her lips, “Yes, yes, I will marry you.”

I couldn’t contain the smile on my face after that. I pulled the ring from the box and slid it on to her ring finger on her left hand. I proceeded to jump to my feet, wrapping my arms around her waist, picking her up and spinning around on the spot. I couldn’t have been happier. As I put her back down on her feet, I noticed that everyone was clapping their hands, cheers of joy were coming from the crowd. I watched her look at the ring on her finger, before she flung her arms around me, basically tackling me, knocking me on to the floor. She slammed her lips on mine, in utter excitement. Both our eyes fluttered closed, as the intense joy and excitement flooded through our bond. It only intensified the kiss.

Until a low growl came from the crowd, it was obviously Robert. He is part of the reason I didn’t kiss Elisa on this stage in front of everyone. I knew he would growl. But Elisa really didn’t care what he thought at that moment. Elisa pulled away from the kiss, giggling, realising she had knocked me on my arse, and made her father growl at us. I couldn’t contain my chuckle either. We sat up together.

“I love you,” I beamed at her, kissing her on the cheek.

“I love you, too,” she smiled, staring at the rock that was on her ring.

Her family approached us at that point. We stood up and stepped down from the stage. Elisa was swarmed by the ladies. While I was swarmed by the men. Handshakes and bear hugs were thrown my way, while the ladies examined her diamond ring. I had picked out a ring with a gold band, a three-carat diamond, with tiny rubies set along the band of the ring. I had an engraving written on the inside of the band.

Robert signalled for the music to restart, smiling, “I think it is time I took my Queen for a dance.”

I couldn’t agree more, so I took Elisa’s hand and led her over to the dancefloor. I wrapped my arms around her waist, as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders. I smiled down at her, “I wanted to tell you in private. There is an inscription on the inside of the ring.”

“What does it say,” she asked.

“Like the Eternal Flame, our love is eternal,” I said, as she rested her head on my chest.

“That is beautiful. This is one of the happiest days of my life,” she whispered, against my chest.

“It is far from over yet. Tonight, we will make love and I will finally mark you,” I smiled at the thought.

For the rest of the party, we danced and made sure to get some dinner. They also did the cake for both Elisa and Elijah. As the guests began to leave and return home, we both headed to say goodbye. We wanted to return home. I want to finish what we started this morning. I want to make love to my mate, to finally mark her as mine. After we said goodbye to Elisa’s family, I drove us home to our palace, to the dragon palace.