Page 19 of Never Feed a Dragon

“Mostly.”

“Mostly what?” Eli growled.

“You’re still mostly sane,” I told him. “Just a second, Elodie. We have to get dressed.”

With that, I hung up the phone.

Eli reluctantly stepped into his slacks, and I slipped back into my room to find a pair of sleep clothes. His release was still on the inside of my thighs, so, with a grimace, I tried to wipe most of it off with the poor cupcake blanket. I felt disgustingly sticky, but it was what it was.

I stepped into the soft shorts, tugged the matching, comfortable tank top over my head, then headed out again.

Eli had his shirt, my dress, and my thong in his hands when I made it out of the bedroom.

His eyes narrowed at my tits. I hadn’t bothered with a bra, since they were fairly small, but they were kind of pointy. “Absolutely not.”

I scoffed. “I’m going to talk to my friend. I don’t need your approval.”

“You’re going to talk to my brother, Vi. You need a damn shirt.”

I glowered at him. “I’m going to do whatever I?—”

He stepped up to me, dropping the rest of the fabric to hold out the armholes of his dress shirt. “Arms in.”

“I’m not?—”

“It wasn’t a request, Spaghetti.” He tugged it over my arms and buttoned the top button. Then he stepped back, grabbing the rest of our clothes again and heading to my room with them.

I pulled the door open a moment later. My hair was still a mess, and my inner thighs were still sticky, but there were bigger problems.

Elodie and August were both on the doorstep, looking grim. His arm was around her waist in a way that made me just a little jealous.

Not of the relationship.

I was not looking for a relationship.

But I was a little jealous of the comfort. The friendship, too.

“Where’s Eli?” August asked.

“Hello to you too,” I grumbled.

“He’s not trying to ignore you. We’re just not sure what you know and don’t know yet,” Elodie explained. “And we’re not sure exactly how things happened, so we don’t want to give you false information, and?—”

“According to Eli, he started heat when we were doing the deed. And according to him, that means we now have a sealed mate bond.”

Elodie’s eyes widened.

August’s did too.

“That sums it up,” Eli said, stepping up behind me. His arm went around my waist smoothly. When I looked down at the way it was wrapped around me, I realized he was holding me just like August was holding Elodie.

And that made my cheeks warm.

“Have you told her everything else yet? About the flying, the fertility, and the possessiveness?” Elodie checked.

“There hasn’t been time. It just happened,” Eli said.

“How about you come in and tell me? The guys can wait outside.” I reached for Elodie, but August pulled her a few steps backward before I could grab her.

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