Page 16 of The Accidental Dragon Baby

She twitched her nose and pawed through the cut grass, nibbling on a blade of grass and spitting it back out. Ivo laughed.

His highest priority was sending his friends a text.

IvoFivo

Just so you know, I haven’t been kidnapped

Nat-urallyBig

???? What!??! Are you not at the apartment anymore!?

IvoFivo

I went to the park and Ace found me there. Guess I was itching to build a nest. He offered to let me build one on his property

KillianKillsDreams

You went to the park BY YOURSELF?????

NotAWalrus

Please don’t tell us you started building a nest there

IvoFivo

Umm. Ok, I won’t

NotAWalrus

IVO. (scream emoji) You know we’re not supposed to leave the apartment without a friend!!!!

KillianKillsDreams

What Walren said. You could’ve asked us to come back!

HocusPocus

Or you could’ve asked me to come over

IvoFivo

Sorry. I didn’t want to bother you either, Uriel. (sad emoji) I needed to leave immediately. I wasn’t thinking

NotAWalrus

Ivo. You’ve been kidnapped twice already. We can’t lose you.

IvoFivo

At least I was with you guys the second time

Nat-urallyBig

Wait. But why are you building a nest?!

IvoFivo

I don’t know. I just had to

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