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Our hands still laced together, Caspian held his other one out and smiled.

“Lead the way.”

I could certainly do that.

Chapter 4

Caspian

Dimitri. He was…gorgeous. I was still coming to terms with the fact that my One was an alpha, but I had a feeling I wouldn’t mind so much. I had switched more than once with previous partners. It was sort of ingrained in us to want to please our Ones and mates. Did that mean Dimitri would be willing to switch every so often? I slowly shook my head. Why was I even worried about this? We had just met and had barely spoken. All I knew was his name, that his parents were still alive, and his grandfathers were Alpha Sergei and alpha mate Chin. How about that for a family line? I grinned. We would probably have at least one baby dragon. Would he look like Dimitri?

“You are smiling. It is a good thought, then?”

“It is.”

“Care to share? Or is it a secret?”

I looked up at Dimitri. “Umm…I can share if you’d like. I’m getting ahead of myself though.”

Dimitri glanced at me, then back ahead. “I can wait if you do not feel comfortable with sharing. I will never be upset with you sharing your thoughts or feelings with me though. I mightbe a dragon alpha, but I do try to be understanding and not impulsive.”

“I don’t mind sharing. As I said, I was getting ahead of myself.”

Dimitri started up a walkway that led to a town house on the end, like he’d mentioned. He opened the door, then stepped back to allow me to enter. “We can discuss any and everything inside. I do not wish for you to remain out in the cold.”

I grinned as I passed by. Inside, it was dim, but after the door clicked shut behind us, Dimitri reached beside me and flipped a switch. “Can I take your coat?” he asked.

“Oh, sure.” I took it off, handing it to my One. I had every intention of simply using magic to store it elsewhere, but if he wished to take it, I wasn’t going to not let him be the gentleman that I knew he most likely was. Dimitri placed it on a hanger that was inside what I discovered was a closet beside the door.

“Would you like something to drink? Perhaps a meal? I would very much like to take you out on a date at some point in the very near future.”

I couldn’t help but chuckle. “I don’t need to be romanced, Dimitri. You’re my One, and either of us can fight it all we want, but the end result is going to remain: we will end up mated.” I shrugged at his shocked expression. “How old are you?”

“I am just over three hundred. Why?”

“Because I’m about half that, and I’m not exactly a young omega that needs to be reassured or that you have to romance in order to prove something to me. Although I will admit that I am a bit surprised my One is an alpha.”

Dimitri stopped, and I halted beside him. “You were expecting to be a sire?”

I shrugged. “I do go both ways, but in the past few decades, it seems as if most of my companions have been either omegas or they are humans that fill that role.” Dimitri looked as if hewas thinking deeply, and I wanted to reassure him that I wasn’t disappointed. “It’s not an issue for me. As I said in the bakery, one of us would have to be the carrier. I’ve honestly never thought it would be me.”

“We will discuss that more, then. I cannot carry children, as I do not have that ability.”

I nodded, then started thinking about that.

“You know, now I’m thinking.”

“What?” Dimitri stopped again.

“I’m wondering if I’ve always had the pouch to carry children? If we did ultrasounds on a bunch of warlocks, would we discover differences?” This was something I definitely needed to ask the doctor. There was no doubt that I would be seeing one in the near future. “Oh, how long are dragon gestations? Do you know?”

“Ja.” Dimitri tugged on my hand and pulled me toward the back of the house. His back room was open and had a cream-colored leather sofa centered in the room, with a light wood coffee table in front of it. There were matching end tables on either side, and both had stacks of books on them.

“Do you like to read?”

“Ja.” Dimitri gestured to the sofa. I sat, and he sat right beside me. I stared at him, waiting. He didn’t make me wait long. “I do read. I have always loved to read. I spend a lot of my off time flying though.”

“I would imagine that brings you a sense of peace.”

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