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“You have my number on the card in the front of the book. The number to the clinic is on there as well. Call if you have any questions at all. I have no idea when or if Cecil will be back, but he just had twins a couple weeks ago, so it won’t be for some time. Todd tries, and he mostly gets things correct, and I haven’t missed any messages yet, so perhaps we’re getting there.”

I couldn’t help but smile. I’d had more than one assistant who just never got there and had to be let go. But others, they struggled at first but eventually made it.

“Any questions from either of you?”

I shook my head.

“How do we get more tea?” Dimitri asked.

“I apologize. It’s already down in the kitchen. It is in the blue tin, and directions on how to make it are on it.”

“Thank you,” I told him. I realized I’d drunk over half of it, and although I wasn’t feeling amazing, I was starting to feel better. “I think I’ll grab some crackers and then take a nap. I know Dimitri is going to fuss over me if I don’t.” I looked up at my One with what I hoped was love in my gaze.

“I cannot help but worry. You are my lyubimyy, my love, my mate. And you carry our child. My dragon and I need to ensure you are well taken care of.”

I was smiling when I looked back at Dr. King. “They are all like that. Call if you need anything. If I don’t answer, I’m most likely with a patient if it’s during business hours. Leave a message, or text if it’s an emergency.”

“Thank you again,” I said.

“Ja. Spasibo.”

Dr. King smiled as he stood. “I’ll see myself out,” he said. “No need to follow me down.” He held out his hand to Dimitri, and after they shook, he held his hand out to me. In it was a plate of various different crackers and biscuits. I grinned and took it.

“Congratulations. We’ll get you through this. It just takes time sometimes.”

I nodded. Dr. King walked out of the bedroom, leaving me with my One and the plate of goodies he’d given me. I wondered how many of them I would be able to keep down because despite not feeling well, I actually was hungry. I picked up a plain-looking cracker and decided to see.

Chapter 15

Dimitri

Ifelt a sense of déjà vu when I ran into Reinhold once more on my way into the council building.

“Fancy meeting you here.”

I chuckled. “I seem to recall meeting you like this a week ago,” I replied. This time, it was me who swiped my badge and input my code. When the door clicked, Reinhold pulled it open, and in we went.

“Good morning,” Slater said. “Hey, the two of you came in together last week, didn’t you?”

“We did,” Reinhold said. “With both of us living in the same area now, it’ll probably happen more often.”

“Huh. I didn’t think about that.” Slater scanned my badge before handing it back. “Have a good day,” he told us. We walked off, both of us heading toward the cafeteria it seemed.

“How is Caspian feeling? I heard from his brother that he was having some issues with pregnancy sickness.”

I sighed. “He’s doing better but still feels poorly at times. I am thankful he can finally keep food down. He sleeps a lot though, and although I was given an extra week to spend with him, I feel like I didn’t do anything helpful.”

Reinhold offered a smile. “I remember those days. Chase hates tea. To this day won’t drink it still. He did drink the magical tea though. That was the only way he kept anything down, I’m sure.”

“Did it get better?”

“Eventually. I know that despite him feeling better toward the middle of his pregnancy, he still had days to the end that he didn’t feel well.”

I sighed. That was not what I wanted for my mate. “I thank you for being honest. We have gotten a lot of ‘it will get better’from others. I have seen it firsthand how he is able to keep more things down now, but he is sleeping almost continually.”

“Yeah, that happens. It’ll be like that in the last trimester as well. But by then, he’ll have a bump at minimum and will be irritable because he’s over being pregnant.”

I sighed. “I believe he is already there. He says he’s happy to be having a baby with me, but I know he’s not exactly thrilled with how things are going. Not that I blame him. I would not like to be sick all the time either. I would, though, for him and our child.”

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