Page 22 of Grumpy Dragon Christmas

How much he wanted the nevving celebrations to be a success. Turns out, he wants it quite a lot.

Qrow watches me with interest as I pace outside the shop. I insisted he keep the door open so if Jade needs me I can be in there within a seccari.

“You actually like the human?” he asks after a while.

“Human?”

“Jade. She’s a human.”

I growl to myself, the collar buzzing slightly against my skin. I should know what my mate is. I should not have Qrow telling me.

“She came with Sarkarnii?” I reach for him, grabbing hold of his clothing and pulling him against me. Qrow doesn’t bat an eyelid. He keeps grinning. “When were you going to tell me?”

The collar doesn’t make a sound.

“I thought you knew and were avoiding them,” Qrow says.

“I’ve been trying to fix my ship for three nova-years in order tofindother Sarkarnii, especially after I lost…” The collar whines, and I drop Qrow to the ground. “I needed to know.”

“Why not ask Jade if she can contact them for you? They could come back,” Qrow suggests from his prone position.

It’s a pretty good suggestion, but I ignore him. My scales are itching so badly, I know my shed is near, and I still don’t have an aquium to assist. The thought of my last shed is enough to make me shudder. It was more than painful without access to a body of water.

And if I can’t shift either? I’m in for a very uncomfortable few turns, and not just because of the pulsar bolt injury to my leg which burns at me constantly.

“I can’t ask my mate for anything,” I say.

“I think you can,” Qrow replies. “After what you did for her.”

I have him in a vice-like grip again, his face pressed almost to mine.

“If you tell her, I will kill you and eat you, Qrow. No, I’ll eat you and kill you,” I add with a smile. “That way I get to see the look on your face as you are devoured.”

“I won’t tell her anything,” Qrow squeaks. “I haven’t told her anything.”

“Told who what?” Jade’s voice has me dropping Qrow like he is a Bogarok youngling.

She is on the threshold of the Velvero’s shop and wearing a dress which clings to her every curve. It is red, the color of my scales and flame, with darts of gold running through. The neckline gathers enough I can get a glimpse of the dip between her breasts, and her delicious stomach, rounded with young is visible too. She wears a jacket made from the softest hide, in a dark gray, which looks warm and comfortable.

“You’re drooling,” Qrow whispers to me.

I immediately shut my jaw. “Told you I am to accompany you to your new dwelling, beautiful,” I say smoothly.

Jade narrows her eyes. “You know about that?”

“I know everything.”

“Perhaps you can explain it to me, then.” She sighs and runs her hand over her stomach.

My nevving cock very nearly punches its way out of my pants.

“Are you done here?” I ask, strolling over to her and running my hand gently over the jacket.

It already smells of her, and I always want to be able to scent my Jade.

“Yes, I got the job!” Jade says with a smile.

Her eyes sparkle with life, and as much as I don’t want her to work, if it brings her this much joy, then I will make sure she has the best job on the entire planetoid.

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