Chapter 36
“Why is your mate staring at me?” Fionn asked, during a lull in their conversation. “Did I do something wrong?”
“My tiger mate?” Alex asked, glancing quickly at the window where Glenn had been standing guard all afternoon. “Nope…that’s just his secret agent look.”
“Your mate’s a spy?”
Nodding excitedly, Alex said, “Can you believe it? When he told me, I was over the moon. I mean…what are the chances I would ever meet one much less have one for a mate?”
“Astronomical!” Fionn giggled.
“Exactly! You want to know my code name?”
“You go on missions with him?” Fionn asked, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.
“Well…not yet, but I will. Right now, he and wolf mate are trying to find the people who are hunting me.”
“You’re in danger?” Fionn asked, his dragon shining in his eyes at the news Alex’s dragon was being pursued.
“Not with my two mates protecting me,” Alex said, grinning.
“Does Hunter know about this?” asked Fionn.
Shrugging, Alex replied, “I’m not sure…but he’ll probably know soon if he doesn’t now.”
“Do you mind if I tell him?”
“Nope.”
“Good…he should know just in case my dragon is needed to help your mates take down whoever is after you.”
Alex’s eyes widened. “In that case, you’ll need a code name…for instance, Snow White is tiger mate’s handle…”
“He’s named after a Disney princess? Are you kidding me?”
Giggling, Alex said, “That’s what I said when I found out, but according to my mate, it’s because he’s a White Siberian Tiger shifter…Sawyer is Nighteye and I’m Delicious Surprise. Smokey, another secret agent who works with my tiger mate, came up with it.”
“Smokey? Like Smokey the Bear?”
“Yup…he’s a grizzly bear shifter, so it’s a perfect name, dontcha think?” asked Alex.
“Yeah…I’m a white dragon but I can’t think of anything that clever for me.”
“Why be limited to who your animal is? Sawyer’s name has nothing to do with his wolf,” Alex said.
“Ooohhh, that’s a good idea…I’m gonna be Lord of the Elements sometime in the future, but have no idea when.”
“Hmm…”Alex mused, going through possible names in his mind but rejecting all of them. “I can’t think of any right now, but I will. It took me a while to come up with Nighteye for my wolf mate, but it was worth it in the end because he loves it.”
“I’ll ask Hunter, also,” Fionn said.
I’ll do the same with my mates…and if they can’t think of a good one, I’ll asked Smokey and Ghost.”
“Ghost? Like a real ghost?” Fionn asked, his eyes grew big at that thought. “I never met one…wait…are they even real?”
Shrugging, Alex replied, “Don’t know, but Ghost…his code name…is another secret agent who works with my mate.”
“Oh I get it…he can disappear…like a ghost,” Fionn said, grinning.
