Page 42 of Dimitri

I nodded a little. I had assumed I would be getting the other tea. I’d heard about it from Drew, and although I didn’t really fancy the idea of spending so much time sleeping, I was already sleeping quite a bit and still felt like shit. If I could sleep and feel better while awake, I would gladly guzzle the stuff.

“Do you know when he’ll be here?” I asked quietly. I knew that Dimitri would hear me though, so I wasn’t worried about it too much.

“Master Edison did not say. Just that he would have him check his schedule and then come to see you. I was sent home for at least the day to take care of you.”

I lifted my head and gave Dimitri a tired smile. “That’s so sweet. I feel bad though. I didn’t want for you to have to take more time off work because of me.”

Dimitri gave me a look. It wasn’t really a glare, but it wasn’t a smile like before. “You do realize I will get time off when the baby comes, do you not?” I nodded. “And did your brother not get time off to take care of his own One?”

He had me there. “Yes. I just feel bad. I have magic, and I could use it to clean myself and make myself a snack if I really needed to.”

Dimitri nodded. “Ja. I am here for the day. Let me take care of you. I was sent home because everyone at the council knows my dragon wouldn’t allow for me to stay there if you were in need of me.”

I shook my head. “What will your dragon do if you are out on assignment?” It was easy enough for someone like Sebastian. Hecould simply use magic to get himself home to Drew. But Dimitri didn’t have that ability.

“We all have at least one warlock or hellhound on our teams. Benjamin would make sure I was brought home to you if needed.”

“There are that many with magic?”

Dimitri nodded. “More have arrived. I did not get a chance to meet them yet, but I was told we now have more fae as well. The council is growing. More are becoming aware of its existence, and more assignments are happening. Some small, some much larger.”

“Will you be going out on assignments?” I had to ask. I knew he’d been frustrated because he hadn’t been on many since he’d become an enforcer. He’d been on a few shorter ones, but for the most part, Dimitri had filled a support position here at the council.

“If they send me, I will.” Dimitri rubbed up and down my back. “I will miss you while I am gone, but I came here to join the council and help others.”

I tried to smile again. “I will have support. I have lots of family here, and when Father joins Master Edison’s committee, Papa will be here. Don’t think for even a moment that he won’t be by as often as he can so he can visit with the baby.” I had talked to him more than once since we’d come back from my very short trip to Madrid. He was keeping himself busy deciding what to bring and what to leave behind. It was going to be a drastic change for him, but Papa was more than ready for it.

“I will still miss you. Even knowing you have help here, that does not change the fact I will miss being here with you and our baby.” Dimitri placed his hand on my lower stomach, which caused me to sigh. How was he so incredibly sweet?

“Do we need to talk about anything?” I asked.

“I do not know what you mean. About what?”

I shrugged. “Have you changed your mind about going back to work?”

“Did you wish for me to? We can easily find a cabin off the mountain if you would like to be closer to where your parents will be living. Even if I choose to leave the enforcers, we do not need to leave this cabin. It is ours for as long as we choose to live here.”

I nodded. I knew I was being a bit irrational. Normally, I was very levelheaded and didn’t have these rambling thoughts. I was completely blaming it on the pregnancy.

“Ignore me,” I told him.

“I can do no such thing.” Dimitri placed a finger under my chin and raised my head. When I looked up at him, I sighed.

“I think the lack of sleep, the ickiness I’m feeling, it’s all making me irrational. I don’t wish to leave. I know you love it here, and I do too. Even though I’ve only been here a short time, I’ve always loved visiting Sebastian—even before he met Drew.”

“How about this…” Dimitri said. “We wait a month or two, then revisit this conversation. We’ll see if we still wish to be here or if we feel it would be better if we went elsewhere.” I stared at Dimitri for a moment before nodding. “Good. Now, we need to get you cleaned up and then back into bed. I’ll make you a tea and bring some crackers or something of that sort.”

I was all for that. Right now, tea sounded delightful. Crackers did as well. “That would be nice,” I told him. That was all it seemed to take for Dimitri to reach for the shampoo. He lathered my hair, and after he gently rinsed it, he took a clean cloth and ran it with bodywash over my body. There was absolutely nothing sexual about what Dimitri was doing. It was completely caring and nurturing, and by the time he was finished, I was completely relaxed despite the fact I still felt terrible.

“Did you want me to dry you? Or are you feeling up to doing it yourself?”

“I’ll do it,” I told him. I was still feeling wretched, but my magic worked just fine. Yes, I could have used it to clean myself, but I wanted to stand under the spray and feel its relaxing capabilities rain down on me. With a little magical thought, I had not only myself but Dimitri dried off.

He suddenly seemed to be on alert and looked at me with urgency. “Would you mind dressing me? There is someone knocking on the door.”

My eyes widened, and seconds later, I had Dimitri redressed, and he took off running. I wasn’t upset that he left me behind, although that was exactly what he had done. I dressed myself in clean pajama pants and another one of Dimitri’s T-shirts and followed at a much slower pace.

I was just starting down the stairs when Dimitri appeared at the base of them with someone else. I assumed it was Dr. King from the description I’d been given by both Sebastian and Drew. Unsure if I should come down or not, I decided to start that way, but when Dimitri rushed up to me, I stopped.

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