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“I’ll see you inside,”Caspian said, and then his weight was gone. I started walking in dragon form but initiated my shift as I moved. One moment, I was a massive purple dragon, and the next, I was walking on my human legs.

I heard a loud groan through our bond and smiled. The pain had hit him, it seemed. I wish it wasn’t like that, and I’d been told it would get better, but riding on a dragon’s back was a challenge for anyone.

I hurried up the steps and found my mate on the sofa, rubbing his legs as fast as he could. He saw me when I entered and looked at me with wide eyes.

“You weren’t kidding.”

“Nyet.” I rushed to him, knelt down, and started rubbing his legs for him. “Lie back.” Caspian did as told, and when I was able to, I started massaging the muscles of his inner thighs.

“Oh, that’s so nice. Why does it hurt?”

“I do not know for certain, but I would imagine because dragons are so wide, and your legs are not used to being spread so wide for such a long period of time.”

“We weren’t gone that long,” Caspian said.

“You would have been in agony if we had. I am told it does get better with time. But if you choose not to fly with my dragon, I do understand.” It would upset my dragon, but he would get over it. He wanted our mate to be happy first and foremost.

Caspian held himself up on his elbows and looked directly at me. “Did my scent really change?”

I gently pushed on his shoulder. When he lay back down, I continued rubbing. “Yes, your scent has started to change. I noticed it this morning. It is still very subtle, and the only reason I noticed was because of where I was at that particular moment.” I gave my mate a pointed look. It took him all of three seconds to understand when I had noticed his scent. We’d been making love, and I had been pleasuring him in my favorite way. I loved sucking his cock, and he was quite vocal about it.

“Were you going to say something to me?”

I stopped and looked at my mate when I felt the hurt through our bond. I reached up and cupped the side of his face. “I was, yes. I was going to wait another day or two to see if the scent grew stronger or if you detected a baby.”

I did not know for a fact that Caspian was pregnant, but I would be surprised if he wasn’t. We both desired a family, and we had certainly been knotted together enough during his fertile period.

Caspian sighed. “Perhaps my father could tell me. Or Rainier. He was always good at being able to detect pregnancies early on.”

I chuckled. “You are so impatient, lyubimyy. Wait a few more days, and I am certain you will be able to tell us both if you are with child or not.”

Caspian smiled. I ran my thumb over his lips before I moved my hand back down his body.

“If you roll over, I will massage the backs of your thighs,” I told him. Caspian rolled quickly, and when I started rubbing where his thighs met his ass, he moaned loudly into the cushion below him.

“Oh, how did you know that was the spot?”

I chuckled. “I can feel it through our bond. Just as I feel your desire when it builds.” I rubbed his thighs and ass, pulling moans and sighs from him until he was completely relaxed. My movements changed from deep, massaging rubs to gentle caresses. I felt exactly when Caspian dropped off into sleep, and I stood and went searching for my clothes. I found them folded on one of the barstools.

Once dressed, I went back to the den and sat in the chair that Caspian had added to our furniture. I went from looking at my mate to glancing around the room. My sofa was here, but Caspian’s touch could be seen everywhere. There were now two comfortable chairs on opposite sides of the room. In the middle was a new low table, and there were matching side tables. Both had lamps, and one had a few books on it, while the other had some sort of marble sculpture. The television had been placed above the fireplace on the wall, and of course, there was the thick, plush rug that was in front of the hearth. I wasn’t sure how a rug could be that soft, but I was certain Caspian’s magic had something to do with it.

But this room wasn’t the only change. Caspian’s influence could be seen in every room of the house, and it made me and my dragon incredibly happy that our mate wanted to be here with us. I had been offered this cabin when I first arrived, and I’d declined. At the time, I had wanted to fit in as much as I could. Now, my only desire was to make my mate happy. This place felt like home to him, and I had to wonder if my grandparents had known something I didn’t. There was only one way to find out. After locating my phone, I found Yéye’s contact and gave him a call.

Chapter 12

Caspian

“The longer we wait, the more difficult it will be to go back,” Dimitri told me. He wasn’t wrong, and we both knew it. But we’d only been mated just over two weeks. We were supposed to have more time together, just the two of us in our own little bubble. But apparently, the world wouldn’t stop for me to spend time with my newly claimed alpha.

“I know. I just thought I would get more time.” I sighed. I knew I would have to go back, despite not wanting to. I kept trying to tell myself that I was only going to be back for a week of half days, and beyond that, I didn’t care any longer. Father would have to tell his clients that I was no longer with the family’s firm.

“You will be back here with me before you realize it. It’s just for a few hours every day. Four? Maybe five at most,” Dimitri said as he pulled me into his arms. I was wearing a suit for the first time since I’d met him, and it felt…off. “Hey,” Dimitri said as I kept my face buried in his neck. “Look at me, please?”

I looked up at my One and tried to smile. It wasn’t the end of the world, and I wasn’t a young omega that had just found his alpha. I shouldn’t be acting like this.

“If you wish, I will go with you. I can sit in the corner of your office and be silent. I understand you have clients, but I can find something else to do nearby while you are dealing with them.”

I was incredibly tempted. But I knew that not only would Dimitri be a distraction for me, but he truly would be bored out of his mind.

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