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She sighed. “Okay, I have pulled myself together. I want to go and talk to Olly.”

“Excellent. Benjiro is my trainer.”

Nikolai asked, “Can he choose any beast?”

“Of course. Even a dragon, but that will take a few decades to develop fully.”

“If he chooses dragon, will you bear him a child?”

“Whoa. So far, we are talking about going for walks. My guys might want to put a bid in in case my uterus opens for business. If Alita is willing, I can give her one of my eggs, and he can father one with her.”

Alita blinked.

“Oh, that is a conversation for a much later date. I am not trying to force Alexi to become my lover. I just need him for some reason that has been with me since I was little.”

She took in a deep breath and released it. “Right. An issue for another day.”

She smiled. “Sorry for the fuss. The last few days have been a little much. I am going to go back and talk about hitting things.” She nodded, “Please excuse me.”

She made a run for it.

* * * *

Wellyn looked at the three who remained with him. “She felt the draw when she was small and did what children do when they like someone. She gave you a picture.”

Alexi smiled. “That picture is what made me want to take pictures. To capture the moments that faded otherwise. Niko helped me achieve that, but she started the burn.”

Wellyn chuckled. “I think you are just supposed to be in each others’ lives for now. What do you think, dragon?”

Niko’s eyes blazed. “They make pretty babies.”

Wellyn understood with a clap of recognition that he kept from Win. “You want female dragons.”

Alita stared. “I thought they only had boys.”

Wellyn smiled as the dragon’s eyes glowed. “The born dragons only have males. Alexi would not be a born dragon. He would be made and changed in whatever shape Win or Alexi wanted.”

Alexi said, “So, she wasn’t joking? She can really change me into an alpha?”

“Yes, but as she said, delta would be better for you. Still fertile, still large and strong, but you would retain the focus to take your photographs.”

Alexi blinked. “I need to do some research.”

“Look into dragons that wouldn’t alter your images or melt your cameras.”

Niko said, “I will help with the research.”

Alita said, “I like Alexi the way he is.”

Wellyn said, “I believe Alexi may be frustrated at being surrounded by extraordinary alphas and not being one of them. Love and affection are wonderful, but feeling equal is amazing. We are equal to Win. She is equal to us. She can do what we can’t, and we can do what she can’t.”

Niko snorted. “I made my own omega.”

Alita elbowed him sharply. “You didn’t make me. You tailored me. There was healing in the process, but aside from extra space internally, I am the same omega I was born to be before your son was born.”

The dragon sighed. “Sorry, princess.”

“Yeah, you had better be.”

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