Page 70 of The Accidental Dragon Baby

Ivo peeked at Ace’s screen. “Thanks.”

“Least I could do, sweetheart.”

“Who’s going with you, anyway?”

“The team who rescued you, plus Uriel and Bruiser.”

Ivo looked up. “Uriel’s going?”

“Yes, why?”

“He’s—” Ivo moved his mouth as though he was going to say something, but changed his mind at the last moment. “He has a baby. Isn’theworried?”

“He won’t be on the frontlines. But he’ll be nearby in case we need support.”

Ivo frowned thoughtfully. “Okay.”

Ace wasn’t a hundred percent on board with Ivo joining them. But it was all up to Uriel at this point.

Somehow,he had envisioned the rescue going a lot more smoothly.

“I don’t think you should be here,” Bruiser said to Uriel the moment they were in the same room. He was a dragon, one of Ace’s friends who had moved to Cartfalls in the last decade.

Uriel stiffened, his eyes flashing. “What?”

Bruiser glanced at the damp spots on Uriel’s shirt where his nipples were. “You should stay home.”

Fuck, evenAceknew not to say that to another alpha.

Uriel stalked up to Bruiser, tension in his shoulders. He didn’t stop until their shoes were touching; he was a head shorter than Bruiser. But his anger made him feel a lot bigger; his scars seemed to glow. “You know nothing about me. Fuck off.”

Bruiser glanced at the rest of them like he wanted support.

Raptor raised an eyebrow. “Wow.”

Crush snickered. “Sorry, pal. You should’ve known better.”

Duke shook his head. “We’re on this rescuetogether.The last thing we need is a fight among ourselves.”

Telos and Mav smirked at each other—obviously they would. They were the alphas who had gotten together during Ivo’s rescue.

“Sounds familiar,” Telos drawled.

Mav coughed. “No comment.”

Ace’s phone buzzed a few times. When he opened it, he found that Raptor had already created a new chat group.

Raptor

Holy smoking hell y’all

Betting pool open: Bruiser and Uriel

Don’t you DARE add them to this chat or I will rip your tongue out

Ace

I’m in

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