Page 100 of Walking in Darkness

But now that Kit had mentioned a human wedding, he was suddenly burning up with the need to know if that was something Kit wanted.

“Okay, what?” Kit asked, looking at Connie.

“Huh?”

“I mentioned human wedding and suddenly you got this really odd look on your face,” Kit said. “Again, I understand what we’re doing is a lot more permanent than a—”

“Do you want a human wedding?”

Kit blinked. “Say what now?”

“Oh.” Hudson glanced between Connie and Kit. “I didn’t think of that. Is that something you would want, Kit? I know some humans put a lot of stock into that.”

“Do I want a wedding?” Kit snorted. “Do I want to get dressed up in a fancy suit, at some fancy place, with fancy food, and fancy music? With all my friends and family there also in fancy clothes?”

Suddenly Connie could see it—a ballroom, tables decked out, people dressed in formal attire, flowers everywhere… and Kit the sparkling jewel in the middle.

“Hell yeah, of course I do. Seriously, I’ve dreamed about this since I was a kid!”

“Then we’re going to make it happen,” Connie said enthusiastically. The bonding ceremony between them was a very intense but private affair, but he also wanted to show the world Kit was theirs. Okay, he also wanted to show Kit off.

He was a dragon, after all.

Suddenly, Hudson rumbled next to them, and his dragon looked out of his eyes. “Yes,” he growled in that distorted voice.

It still amazed Connie how often Hudson’s dragon showed up now. In all the years he’d known Hudson, that had rarely happened, and the few times it had? Most times, it was when they’d been having sex.

Although there’d been a time or two when Hudson had been pushed too far by another paranormal and lost his cool. That person usually ended up dead.

Hudson cleared his throat. “Sorry about that. So, you want an elaborate wedding, Kit? Then you will have an elaborate wedding.”

Connie pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and made a note. He was Hudson’s right hand and organized everything for his king. This was right down his alley, but for once Hudson was going to have to pitch in and help.

“The three of us will need to sit down and have a discussion about human weddings,” Connie said, still typing. “I’m going to need a lot of input from you though, Kit. I know nothing about this.”

“I’ve only planned it down to the last detail, so that’s not a problem. But I also want you both to be involved. There’ll be three of us getting married.” Kit bit his lip. “Well, technically, no, we won’t be, because that’s illegal. Damm, maybe we shouldn’t do this because I can’t legally marry you both.”

“I am unconcerned with human law,” Hudson said. “The three of us may not be able to marry, but according todragonlaw, we will be bonded,” Hudson repeated.

“I won’t marry only one of you though,” Kit argued.

“You will marry both of us. It just won’t be legal by human standard,” Connie said, slipping his phone back into his pocket. Like Hudson, he really didn’t care about silly human lawsbecause neither one of them was human. A soul bond eclipsed all else.

Kit pursed his lips. “You’re only doing this for me, aren’t you?”

Hudson shrugged. “If it makes you happy, it makes us happy.”

“Agreed,” Connie said. “This is a dream of yours, so why wouldn’t we? We’ll find somebody in the paranormal community to act as our officiant. It won’t be legal by human standards, but as our dragon bonded mate, you have access to all that we have.”

“Still would have to do the humans paperwork for that too,” Connie pointed out.

“True.”

“I don’t give a damn about your money,” Kit said. “I just wanted to throw that out there.”

Oddly enough, Connie believed Kit. There had been untold wealth in Hudson’s hoard, and Kit hadn’t asked for the first trinket. If anything, Connie had a feeling they were going to have trouble decorating Kit with their possessions.

The trying should be fun, though.

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