Pete's P.O.V

                 I growled a warning at any Hunter who moved. No one is touching Patrick. I heard what Stella called Patrick, and looked at the two to see Patrick smiling down at her.

                                  "Well, I was right about calling you a coward, Patrick. Then again, you always were." Thomas huffed, smirking.

                 The hand that wasn't on Stella's cheek was clenched in a fist, and Patrick's smile quickly turned into a frown.  I heard a low growl, but it didn't come from Patrick. I looked at Stella, and could see her chest vibrating. Well, that's not good.

Stella's P.O.V

                I growled at what Thomas had said about Patrick. I looked over Patrick's shoulder and said,

                             "Look who's talking. The head 'Honcho' of the Elite organization of Hunters, but can't find me himself. If anyone's a coward, that would be you. You pay others to do the dirty work, but then lay claim that you did the work yourself. No one here is the coward, but you."

               Patrick moved to stand next to me, and I could see Thomas's face red with anger. He pulled out his gun, and stormed up to me. As Patrick went to get infront of me, I put a hand gently on his shoulder, silently telling him no. He looked down at me with a worried look, but listened. I glared at Thomas, not backing down with his gun in my face.

                             "You think your so big and bad with your Dragon friends, don't you?" He growled.

                I rose a brow, and chuckled.

                              "Have you ever wondered who sabotaged your shipments of deceased Dragons? Who destroyed most of the hangers of yours?" I asked, smirking.

                               "What are you getting at?" He asked, frowning.

                                "I'm the one who did all those things. I had no help with those endeavers, so no, I don't think I'm 'big and bad' with my friends." I hissed, glaring at him.

                Thomas stared at me, then put the safety back on,  pulling the gun from my face.

                                "Do you really want to start a war?" He asked, looking around at his men.

               I snarled saying,

                               "The war started  when my Kin was killed by the first of you Hunters."

               He smirked.

                             "So be it." Thomas said, and looked at his men, "Stand down. These Dragons will die sooner or later by our hands anyhow, so let's just...give them some false hope. Now Dragons, leave."

               Thomas and the Hunters went their seperate ways, as I sighed, leaning against Patrick, wore out. He wrapped his arm around me, and looked at Joe. Joe looked at him, and Patrick looked down at me, then back up at Joe. He nodded, and picked me up, then Patrick shifted to his dragon form. He laid down, and Joe carefully put me on Patrick's back. I winced slightly when Joe moved my dislocated shoulder on accident.

                             "Sorry, I'm trying not to move your arm much." He apologized calmly, making sure that I won't fall off while Patrick's flying.

              I nodded, saying,

                              "It's alright. It's not your fault, Thomas's brutes did it."

               I felt Patrick's body rumble as he growled. With my good arm, I rubbed up and down along his neck, earning a purr quickly in return. I looked at Joe, and seen him smirking.

                               "What?" I asked inoccently.

                                "I think you broke Patrick." He said snickering.

                  I rolled my eyes, chuckling. I watched Joe back up, then shift to his dragon form, and let Rae climb on his back. I looked back down at Patrick, to see him looking at me.

                                 "Joe was right about you 'breaking me'." He said, moving his head to nuzzle me.

                                  "Why's that?" I asked, using my hand to rub Patrick's head, causing him to purr again.

Patrick's P.O.V

                  Looking at Stella carefully, I answered,

                                 "I, technically, didn't have to hide what I really was from you."

                   Stella smiled.

                                 "It's not my fault you cloaked your scent, but I'm glad you did. Honestly, I enjoyed seeing the 'Human' side of you that you guys enjoy showing your fans." She said, and I hummed in joy.

                                We heard a throat clear, and looked over at Rae, who was smirking. "How about, you two have a feel good moment after we manage to get out o this place huh?"

                 Stella blushed deeply, and I just huffed in annoyance, still thinking it was a bad idea to bring Rae here with me in the first place. I flapped my wings, and headed out the same way I came in, the Skylight. Stella held on tightly, sort of, so she didn't fall off.