Page 40 of Their Princess

“I’m fine for now,” I said. “We have things to do here.”

“It’s a discussion we need to have,” Mason whispered and pressed a kiss to the top of my head. “And you recuperating fully is the most important thing right now.”

“Right now, I want to focus on Elrith,” I said and headed to the table to eat.

Elrith and Trey joined us shortly after, Elrith wearing baggy clothes, which solidified my plan to take him shopping today.

When everyone had finished eating, we climbed into Kayden’s SUV and headed to the mall.

Elrith pressed his nose against the window, staring with wide eyes at everything we drove by. When a dragon flew by overhead, he gasped and cowered down.

I set a hand on his back and said, “You don’t need to fear a dragon flying overhead.”

He raised his head slowly. “No?”

“They’re part of my clan,” Trey said. “I’m a dragon prince and as my son, they won’t harm you or they know they’ll face not just my wrath, but my family’s as well.”

Yet, that wasn’t fully true, was it? I’d been attacked and so had he, just for being part of the royal family.

Trey glanced at me with a frown.

Had my emotions leaked through the bond? Whoops.

“We are taking you to a place that will have a lot of people, so I need you to stay close to us, so you don’t get lost. Okay?”

Elrith looked back at me. “What are we doing there?”

“We’re going to buy you some clothes and other items that you need,” Mason explained.

“What’s wrong with my clothes?” he asked and looked down.

“Those don’t fit you and you need several different outfits,” I answered.

“Okay,” he replied and looked back out the window.

Honestly, he was handling all this much better than I had anticipated. He’d been curious about the cars, but hadn’t freaked out like I’d expected.

After parking, Trey got a call and held up his hand to stop us from exiting the vehicle. “Yes?” With a sigh, he asked, “Really? You know … fine. Fine.” He hung up, irritation obvious, but he smiled as he said, “Looks like we’ll have a friend with us on this shopping trip.”

My eyes widened as I realized what must have happened. “Who?”

“Ezio,” Trey answered.

Kayden’s brows furrowed. “Why didn’t he call me?”

“It was Caleb who called to inform me,” Trey said. He glanced over at Elrith. “Apparently, they wanted him to tag along, just in case.”

“He’s probably also mad that we haven’t visited him or introduced him to Elrith,” I whispered.

Kayden flinched. “Yeah, that’s most likely why he is the one here.”

“Well, let’s not keep him waiting! Elrith, you’re going to get to meet one of your other grandpas, Ezio is Kayden’s dad.”

His eyes widened as he looked at Kayden. “Your dad?”

Kayden nodded. “He’s a strong werewolf. In fact, he used to be Lily’s guard.”

Elrith turned to me. “You had a guard?”

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