Page 58 of Surge of Ice

I finish getting ready and then head to the one person who can make me feel better in any situation. Buzzing his door, I wait for a minute and then Granger answers the door. He’s dressed, but his hair is even messier than usual, and he looks a bit tired.

“Mind if I talk to you?”

He gives a soft smile. “How about while we walk? I kind of want to see the light of day.”

“Perfect.”

We walk to the elevator together and then step out into the cool morning air. Without a word, we head for the cliff, probably because we both want to see that incredible view of the sun’s early rays burning their way across the water.

“So, what’s up, Carrot Top?”

I roll my eyes at the affectionate nickname. “I think I might have complicated things even more.”

He gives a fake wide-eyed look. “You? Never!”

Bumping him with my arm, I laugh. “I’m serious. I barely started calming things down between Aydan and Evander, and then Zane gets thrown into the mix.”

“Ah, the ice dragon who likes to walk around half-naked and with a boner. How could that possibly upset Aydan and Evander?”

My cheeks heat. “He’s not trying to annoy anyone, this is all just really new to him.”

“And I’m sure Evander and Aydan were completely understanding about his ignorance. It’s not like those two are wildly possessive, jealous assholes who have an all-consuming love for you and would rip out the eyes of anyone who even looks your way.”

I groan. “You’re acting like there’s no chance they can be reasonable.”

One of his brows lifts. “Reasonable is not a word I would use to describe either of those men, but I haven’t had their dicks in me–”

“Yet,” I add on, unable to help myself.

He rolls with it. “Right,yet, but maybe there will be some dark night with enough liquor. Who knows? The thing is, if this were a scientific hypothesis, I would say you would be the best person to come up with an accurate answer. So, would you call those two reasonable?”

This is painful.“No.”

He waves a hand. “Exactly. So you can hardly blame them for approaching Zane with a little caution. I mean, you’re approaching him with caution, right?”

My cheeks are hot again. “I mean…”

MyI meanhangs in the air between us for a long second. “Sam, did you already bang the ice dragon?”

Is it possible for a person’s face to catch on fire?“It happened last night. It was all pretty quick. I woke up to him in my bed, and I just couldn’t help it–”

He looks upset. “So, all a guy has to do to get in your pants is show up in your bed?”

I smack his arm. “No, it wasn’t like that. It’s just a dragon thing. I couldn’t resist him.”

“Right. Right. A dragon thing. You’re all about the hunky dragons these days.”

“Listen, this isn’t easy for me to understand either. Everything is still so new and weird. I’m not even used tothinkingof myself as a dragon.”

Granger clears his throat and straightens his back. “So, you came to me because you’re having trouble with your two old boyfriends accepting your new boyfriend?”

Boy, that’s an embarrassing way to sum it up.“Something like that.”

“Okay, then, let’s think of this scientifically. Marmosets, jacanas, dunnocks, and honeybees are all animals that often have one female with multiple males. As strange as this idea is, it does happen in nature. It seems to me that you four need to accept that this is your dynamic and create boundaries.”

“Boundaries?”

He nods. “What are you guys comfortable with? Does everyone need to spend the same amount of time with you? Are there certain sex acts that are off the table? Do you guys not approve of PDA? What are the dynamics of this relationship?”

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