Alexa's Dragon (Dragon mates Book 1) by Serena Simpson

around.”
    “Why is that?” She had a frown on her face making her nose pinch just a little and jutting her chin out. She watched him as he watched her.
    “She believes at times we need a little bit of pomp and ceremony. Mostly, I think she likes to mess with my brothers who don’t have limos and never are driven around. They’re like an extended part of the family. If I had cousins, I’m sure it would be George and Tamia. Well, Tamia by marriage.”
    “Hmm she likes to mess with you, or you like to mess with them?”
    “Maybe a little bit of both”
    She stared out the window, her mouth hanging open as she watched the people they passed by.
    “Tell me about the people here.” She snuggled into her seat looking at him.
    “Not sure where to start. Everyone here is a descendant from the different cultures you already know. There are several cultures here you will have no knowledge of because they were never acknowledged. The people here can be telepathic, some use magic, others move things with their minds and that’s the little stuff. Some work with numbers as easily as you talk. Some work with the elements, controlling them. They keep the earth calm so we don’t experience things like earth quakes. Still those are the little things. What the people here do is everyday life to us, but mysterious magic if we did it on the other side of our borders.”
    She nodded her head. Anything different was considered magic, black or white. What happened when the person wielding the power was neither evil nor good but simply using a gift she was born with? Alexa wasn’t naive enough to think the world would accept such a person. Her white hair and electric blue eyes had caused her to be the brunt of more bad jokes than she wanted to think about. And it was just a physical feature. What would happen if someone who could control fire showed up on the scene?
    She shuddered and looked out the window. They were driving by the river now. There was a woman standing on the banks with a small child, her son. She was scooping water out the river and flicking it at him while teaching him to do the same. It was a beautiful scene to watch them bonding, except the women never touched the water. She simply used her finger to bring it to her and flick it at him.
    This was a world filled with magic and people she never knew existed, and now she was given a chance to be part of it. Her heart pounded faster. The little girl who only observed the world around her wanted a place to stretch her wings. The teenager who wanted to walk down a street and not be pointed at because she was so radically different and the woman who just wants the shelter of Syn’s arms around her. Each part of her needed a place where she could be free. Alexa wanted to get to know this place better.
    They took a winding road that led up from the river deep into the mountain area. “Is the first mountain yours?” It was shrouded in a cloud of fog.
    “It is my older brother’s.” Sadness touched his face. The loss of his brother was easy to read.
    The mountain was barely visible, the little she could see seemed to radiate a feeling of joy towards her. Sunlight peeked through the mist making her feel slightly giddy. It was as if his brother was welcoming her home in the only way he could.
    The car stopped.
    “Syn, are you all right?”
    “There is never sunlight on the mountain. When my brother froze, everything around him froze also. The plants, the animals, everything. No one goes there; they are all afraid they too will freeze. I’m the only person who goes there.”
    “You go there?”
    “He’s my brother, Alexa, even the light stopped shining on his mountain. Why would it shine now?”
    “It’s your brother’s way of welcoming me to your home. Also he is letting me know that his dragon form may be frozen but he is very much alive.” She gave him a small smile. None of it made sense to her but it was a feeling she got deep in her gut and she couldn’t