Page 3 of Unhaunt Me

“Don’t you have an omega to dress up?” I arched a brow and Melon rolled her eyes.

“Casimir, egg aside, we both know you’re not jealous of Kelp.

“I know. I pity him. You’re gonna dress up his nuts,” I shrugged.

She sighed at me and my dragon poked at my ribs from the inside with one of his long talons.

“He says I should be nicer to you,” I said to Melon.

“Eh, I can take it. I don’t know what that girl did to you but I hope someone can find your lost pieces one day.”

“CASIMIR!” Castor, my cousin and the captain of the Medwin 2, bellowed from somewhere beyond the ship.

“Duty calls,” I rolled my eyes.

“Hope it’s time for you to get dressed for the ball,” she said and sauntered away toward her nest.

“Yes, cousin?”I poked at Castor over our family link.

“I need you to run something up to the Star Room for me,”he said.“Check to see if Tritus and the others have found anything about the nameless one.”

“I guess I can,”I sighed.“Better than sitting around here and listening to Melon knock up Kelp.”

“Eh, be nice and maybe she’ll let you help next time,”Castor teased.

I rolled my eyes as I followed my dragon’s directional senses and ended up outside in front of the ship where Castor was. He held his baby to his chest. The child was mostly a squirming ball of blanket. A purple and blue leaf danced by behind them.

“How was Ren?” he asked gently, handing off a bag to me.

“About the same. As soon as I asked her about before she flew off and Hean got a stick bug up his a-r-s-e.”

“Sounds about like Hean. I mean, he’s been through the wringers too.”

“Maybe but she was mine first.”

“Ours first,” Castor frowned.

“Ours first,” I nodded.

“Take care of the little one while I’m gone.”

“Are you coming back tonight or are you staying out there with Iz and them?” he asked.

“I’m not sure. I might hit the ball tonight.”

“Is that a joke?” Castor asked.

“Or did you want me to watch the baby while you guys went. I will,” I offered.

“No, we’re sitting it out. Sunny and Teddy are going. Not Fred, though. He and Elio are staying home too. Is Izora going?”

“Can’t pry him away from the nest,” I teased him.

“Good. You go. Keep an eye on those two. Sunny’s smelling up to --- Well, he’s starting to smell like Clarence, and I don’t know what to make of that.”

“Me neither. Then again, I never went around sniffing Clarence Moonscale.”

“Shut up,” Castor rolled his eyes but laughed anyway. “Thanks for running that over there.”

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