Page 26 of Dimitri

My smile widened. “Later this morning work for you?”

“Yes. Absolutely. What else do you want to do today?”

I raised an eyebrow at my mate. Was he being serious? We had just claimed one another. Did he not want me as much as I did him? “Are you being serious? Or facetious?”

Caspian blinked at me several times before his eyes widened again. “Oh,” he said. “You want to spend the day in bed?”

I shrugged a little. “Or on the sofa. Or the shower. In front of the fireplace? All sound like good places to get to know you. I want to explore your body as much as I possibly can.”

Caspian smiled. “I want that too. So today, we fuck like rabbits.”

I couldn’t help it; I chuckled. Caspian winced a little, but the laughter wouldn’t stop. I felt terrible, but that didn’t change the fact that my mate had a witty side that I couldn’t wait to experience more. “I do not believe there are rabbit shifters, but yes. I would very much like to spend the day knotted to you as much as possible. Is that agreeable with you?” I asked once I stopped laughing.

Caspian smiled. “Yes. Although, I’m beginning to wonder how many of those we will get to experience with how long your knot seems to be lasting.”

I felt bad for my mate. “I do not know, but I feel a tingle at the base of my cock when it starts to expand. I can make sure I don’t knot you. That will allow for us to not be tied together for so long. There was no getting out of it this time though.”

Caspian sighed. He leaned down and rested his chin on his hands on my chest. “No. I like it. It’s not what I expected at all, but I’ve already come to terms with the fact that I’m going to be carrying our babies.”

I would carry them for him if I could. We’d talked about this briefly. I did not have the parts that were required for that.

“I know you would. You said as much earlier,” Caspian said. I realized he had heard my thoughts. “It’s enough that you say as much. I hope that means you will be supportive throughout the pregnancy.”

“I will dote on you every chance I have.” I would. I knew others didn’t get to see the side of Dedushka and Yéye that our family did, but Dedushka spoiled Yéye at every opportunity. They had given all of their sons an excellent example of what a mated pair should be like.

“What are they like?” Caspian asked suddenly.

“Who?”

“Your grandparents,” he said. “Your thoughts are completely open with me.”

“I have nothing to hide or keep from you. They are amazing. Dedushka is firm and strict but also patient and an amazing mentor. Yéye is his entire world, and without him, I do not believe Dedushka would be the man he is today. Yéye calms his dragon, as well as the man at times.”

Caspian tilted his head. “Does he have a temper?”

“No more than any other shifter. But at times, like most dragons, Dedushka’s dragon will push, and Yéye will be the calm that he needs.”

Caspian smiled. “That’s my parents. Father, don’t think he’s a horrible person. He’s not. He’s strict, but he’s an amazing teacher. He pushes us because he wants what’s best for not only us but what we can do to help others.”

“Your father though, you said he can push too hard at times. Will he push for you to return to Madrid?”

Caspian’s eyes unfocused for a moment or two before he blinked. “Possibly. I have responsibilities there. I know I said I’m not returning to Madrid, and I won’t. At least not permanently. I do have to go back though. Even if it’s only for a week or two, I will have to return to the firm to turn over my clients.”

I had honestly expected as much. It wasn’t too much of a surprise that he would go back. I would have been immensely surprised if he’d simply never returned. That didn’t seem like something he would do.

“I can go with you, if that is what you wish.”

Caspian shook his head. “No. I will go in the morning when you get up for work. I’ll work a partial day, then pop back over here. It’s not ideal, but I can’t leave Lorenzo like that.”

I understood that. I wouldn’t say I was a pivotal part of the council, but I still wouldn’t up and leave tomorrow without a backward glance. I wasn’t completely attached, but I also knew that was because my dragon was bored with sitting at the council building every day. But at the same time, I would very much like to go to Madrid with him. At least once. I wasn’t sure how my dragon would respond to our mate being halfway around the globe. He, of course, could return to me in a blink, but we’d just claimed one another. He wasn’t going to like the thought of our mate being out of our sight for a while yet.

“Do you think—” Caspian stopped midsentence when my knot let go. When it did, my cock immediately slipped from his body with a gush. We both groaned, but I was certain for different reasons. Me because my cock slapped against my hipand thigh, and it was still very sensitive. Caspian, I was sure because of the amount of fluid gushing from him. “Oh, that’s such an odd feeling,” Caspian said. He sat up, and the amount of fluid on my cock and legs increased when more came out.

Caspian gave me another look. If I wasn’t mated to him, I wouldn’t have sensed that he was feeling a bit of discomfort. That made complete sense though. It was a lot of cum and slick.

“It will most likely not be quite that much when I am not claiming you for the first time,” I told him, hoping that made him feel better. “I will admit that I’ve never come that much before, but I do know that alphas, especially dragon alphas, produce a lot of…seed,” I said and cleared my throat.

Caspian sighed. “Yeah, I get it. You have to ensure your mates carry your babies.”

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