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Kit raised an eyebrow. “Oh yeah?”

“Yes,” Connie said.

“He’s emailed me some of his notes on the traditions of a human wedding, which brings me to the subject at hand….” Again, how was he to broach this?

“And that subject at hand is?” Kit teased.

“Wedding bands.” Hudson cleared his throat. “Humans like to wear wedding bands, so Connie and I were wondering if that was something you were interested in. If you are, we would be happy to take part in that tradition.”

There. He’d put that rather nicely, if he did say so himself.

“Damn straight I’m interested, and damn straight the two of you are going to wear a wedding band too. I know paranormals will know we’re mated thanks to scent, but humans won’t know that,” Kit declared. “And I can’t have you two sexy men walking around without any sort of ownership claim on you.”

“I’m all for wearing an ownership claim,” Connie declared, grinning at Kit.

“As am I,” Hudson added.

“That sounded way more possessive than I meant for it to,” Kit said.

Hudson raised an eyebrow.

“Okay, so maybe I meant it to sound like that. But good grief, have you two seen yourselves? Every time we go somewhere, I’m having to beat the twinks off you two with a stick.”

“And a wedding band will make a difference?” Hudson asked, completely confused.

Where were these twinks that Kit was supposedly beating off him and Connie? He hadn’t noticed anyone flirting with him or his mates. His dragon certainly would have had something to say about that.

“Well, no, but it’ll make a difference to me,” Kit declared.

Chapter Two

HUDSON NODDED. “And that’s all that matters. So, wedding bands. Here’s what I was thinking—rubies. I’ve read that diamonds are the preferred gemstone for wedding bands, and—”

“And that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, right?” Kit asked Hudson, grinning.

“Well, that’s what all the commercials say.” He had no idea why his mate was grinning at him like that. Itwaswhat the commercials said. Humans invested God awful amounts into marketing, so surely they knew what they were talking about.

“I like diamonds, don’t get me wrong. I mean, who doesn’t?” Kit took a sip of his coffee. “But if we’re talking about the stones that are going to be inourwedding bands, diamonds are not the first thing that comes to mind,” Kit admitted.

They weren’t? That was interesting.

“Oh?” Connie asked. “So, what does?”

Apparently, Connie was thinking along the same lines as Hudson—plus, he was interested in why Kit thought that stonewasn’tright for them.

Kit stared at Hudson. “I’ll get to that in a moment. Connie?” Kit glanced at Connie. “Do you have a preference as far as stones go?”

“Honestly? Not really. Hudson’s dragon is the one who’s attracted to stuff like that.”

Hudson’s dragon rumbled in agreement in his head.

“But I do like gold. Pretty much all dragons do because of the monetary value, but artwork is my thing,” Connie said.

“When you talk about gold, you mean what the band will be made out of, right?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, yellow gold or white gold, then? Maybe rose? Or hey, what about platinum?” Kit asked.

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