Page 12 of Dimitri

“It can. Here, it does. I have lived through times that it didn’t.”

I nodded. We would get there. We had the rest of our very long lives to learn everything about each other.

“Why do you wish to know about dragon gestations? You are a warlock.”

“Yes, but since my One isn’t another warlock, I will have the gestation length that dragons do.” Dimitri winced. That told me dragons had longer gestations, which made sense if you thought about it. “You have one of the longer ones, I take it?”

“Ja. Six months.”

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. I could deal with that. It was technically only six weeks longer than a warlock’s gestation, so it wasn’t too terrible.

“Well, if I were to mate with another warlock, it would have been four and a half months.” I shrugged. “Six months isn’t too terrible.”

“Ja. I can’t help you with that. I can help make you comfortable, but I cannot carry the baby for us, I am sorry.”

“You want children?”

“I would like at least one, ja. The number of children is up to you though. I will accept it if you do not wish to have children, but I do not feel that is the case.”

I grinned. “No. I want children. I’m the oldest of three. My fathers wanted more, but they were only ever gifted with the three of us. I would like more. I’ve spent a long time working and saving, and my hope was to not work for some time after I found my One. I’m not asking for you to support me financially. I have more than enough to do that.”

Dimitri’s brow furrowed. “I have funds. We will have housing here. Or we can go back to Spain. I do not need to be an enforcer. I joined because I was ready for something different, and they needed more enforcers.” Dimitri shrugged.

I snorted. “I want to stay here if you are all right with that. I adore Drew and little Flora. I would love it if our children could grow up near Sebastian’s. My brothers and I have always been close, and Sebastian leaving has actually been a big adjustment.” Unlike Lorenzo, I had the ability to come and visit whenever I got the urge. He had to ask for a lift from either me or our father.

“We can stay here. My family is everywhere. My parents are currently in Australia.”

“Do they live there?”

“Ja.” Dimitri nodded. “My parents aren’t who you would expect.”

I grinned and turned to the side to get comfortable. “How so?”

“My mother is English. She is a fox shifter and met my father when she was on a quest to search for her mate. Her name is Mildred, but she goes by Millie.”

I couldn’t help but smile. “She’s really a fox shifter?” The size difference between them must have been drastic.

“Ja. My father was doing the same. He was flying though, and his dragon urged him to land and search the area. He found her, and we have been told he flew home with her on his back.”

“Do they still fly together?”

“Not as often as they used to. They are in Sydney. I do not know how they do it.”

“We live in Madrid. But my omega father is a Eurasian lynx. He can shift in the condo and does often. The same with Lorenzo. It’s not really an issue for me or my sire.”

“Do you live with your parents?”

I couldn’t help but snort. “Gah, no. Lorenzo and I live in the same condo building but on different floors. Our fathers live on the other side of the city, closer to the firm. We can keep my condo and use it for a vacation home if you’d like. I don’t want to get rid of it, but we don’t have to spend a lot of time there.”

“I have never been to Spain. I would like to visit, maybe move there one day. But the ability to fly every day here has made my dragon happy.”

I wanted to keep his dragon happy. If he could shift here, I saw no reason to leave the area. My brother was here, and I had no doubt that at some point, Lorenzo would relocate hereas well. I didn’t know what that would mean for my parents, but they would have to figure something out. Papa was already unhappy that he was so far away from his only grandchild. When he realized he was going to have another early next year in the same area, I had a feeling Father would be selling the firm and would be joining the council, and they would be relocating here.

“You are smiling. Something has made you happy?”

I focused on Dimitri. “Many things, actually, but yes. I was thinking about my fathers.”

“What are they like?”

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