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“Look at the two of you,” Papa said. He gave us a squeeze and then stepped back. Immediately, his hands went to my face. “You are looking a bit pale. Are you still feeling poorly? Do you need to sit down?”

I shook my head before looking over at Dimitri. “Do I look that bad?” I had thought I was doing so much better.

“You are as handsome as ever,” Dimitri said.

“Smart man,” Father said joining us. He held out his hand, and Dimitri took it. “It’s nice to see you again,” Father said. “Don’t ever tell your mate that he looks anything but beautiful.” He pulled Papa into his side and smiled at him. “Even if he has the worst bed head and absolute wretched morning breath, he is still the most charming and beautiful person to you.”

Papa’s mouth dropped open as he looked up at Father. “You didn’t.”

Father smiled at Papa. “I said you are beautiful no matter what. Is that not good enough?”

There was chuckling, and when I looked behind my fathers, I knew I was staring at the created dragon.

“Caspian, this is Dedushka.”

I smiled at him and noticed Chin standing just behind Alpha Sergei.

“Alpha Sergei, it is an honor to meet you,” I told him.

“As it is you, Caspian. Welcome to the family. And please, call me Sergei. You are family.” I smiled and nodded. I wasn’t sure I could call him by his given name just yet, but I would certainly try. He seemed to pick up on that immediately. “Whatever you are comfortable with,” he added.

I nodded again, then smiled at Chin. “It is nice to see you again, Chin. Thank you for inviting us.”

“You are always welcome here, Caspian. I won’t push, but please feel as if you can come anytime you need to.”

I just smiled and grabbed on to Dimitri’s hand a bit tighter. When I looked at him, I hoped he would understand. The moment was broken by Drew, bless him.

“There’s my favorite brother-in-law,” Drew said as he came over. Immediately, Lorenzo called out.

“Hey. I thought I was your favorite.” We all chuckled, and when Drew walked up to me, I pulled him into a hug.

“How are you? Sorry my visit was drastically changed last month.”

“Are you kidding? This is so much better. You live here now. The entire family is here, and we’re going to have a nephew.” Drew took a step back. “It is a boy, right?”

I smiled.

“Yes, the dragon baby is a boy,” Dimitri said. “I believe that Master Ambrosius is going to remain the lucky one with a female dragon child.”

Drew shrugged. “No matter. Flora will have a dragon for a cousin, which is totally cool. Have you seen the view?” Drew asked, taking my hand. “You can see the waterfall from out back. Although it’s covered in snow right now, but the water is still flowing.”

I let Drew pull me into the house and grinned at the others as we slowly walked by. I saw Lorenzo, who was holding a bundle of pink, and felt a pang. I hadn’t gotten to hold her in some time, and although I was going to have my own baby to cherish, I still wanted time with Flora. What were my chances of getting her away from my brother, I wondered. I’d try after I let Drew show me Dragon Falls.

Chapter 19

Dimitri

“It’s only a few days. You will be gone five days and then home. Five days isn’t even a full week. And we can talk anytime we want through our bond.”

I pulled Caspian just a bit closer. I was due to leave for our assignment in Italy in less than an hour, but I was finding it difficult to pull myself from our bed. Caspian had woken up with me, and when he wrapped himself around my body, I couldn’t deny him.

“I will be thinking of you often.”

“I know you will. But I want you to focus on your assignment there. I need you to come home to me and the baby. We have only just found one another, and we haven’t made a whole lot of memories yet.”

“You are distracted.”

I looked over at Benjamin and shook my head before nodding.

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