Page 61 of Walking in Darkness

Now he reassessed that since he had a human mate. In fact, the next time he talked to Kage, he intended to bring the subject up. Kage was in the same boat as Hudson and Connie—mated to a human they couldn’t change.

“Promise?” Connie asked.

The question dragged Hudson back into the conversation.

Kit nodded. “Of course. I’m not fond of doctors but also don’t want to end up with long-term problems from not seeing one. So, I’ll say something.”

“Okay then. Are you hungry?”

Kit rubbed his stomach. “You know, I actually am. What time is it?”

“A little after six in the evening,” Hudson said, checking his watch. “You slept for a couple of hours.”

“Great. I’m probably not going to sleep tonight.”

“Come on, let’s go get a snack.” Connie patted Kit on the leg, then got up. “I’m sure we can find something to tide you over till dinner.”

Hudson also got up.

Kit tossed back the throw, swung his legs over the side of the bed, and eased to his feet. Hudson hovered close by, just in case Kit discovered he was sorer than he thought.

Kit slowly crossed the bedroom. “I’m okay, you two. I’m not about to collapse on the floor, so quit hovering, Hudson. And yes, I know what you’re doing.”

Connie snickered.

What was it the younger dragons said? Oh yeah. He was so busted. But he didn’t care. If Kit went down, Hudson was determined to be there to catch him. Was he being overprotective? Most likely. Did he care? Absolutely not.

Kit strode confidently toward the walk-in closet, then stopped. Glancing down, he sighed. “My clothes are in my room. Of course.”

“I think I have a robe you can borrow,” Hudson said, following Kit toward the closet. “Come on.”

“Thanks. My room isn’t that far, but I don’t particularly want to be wandering the halls in just my underwear.”

Hudson didn’t particularly want him walking around in his underwear, either. Well, outside his quarters, that was. Normally dragons didn’t have a problem with nudity, much like shifters didn’t, but the thought of someone in his court seeing his mate practically naked bothered him.

He was shocked to realize that applied to Connie too, who absolutely was a dragon.Possessive much?Hudson thought at his dragon.

His dragon snorted at him. Loudly. Several times, in fact. Amused, Hudson shook his head. There was a thing that horses did called a dragon snort.

Little did humans know there was actually such a thing, but dragons didn’t do it because they were nervous or uncomfortable. No, the sound his dragon just made was absolutely sardonic.

Hudson loaned Kit his robe. Privately, he admitted it thrilled him to see his mate wrapped in the black silk. Okay, maybe he wasn’t as subtle as he thought when Kit smirked at him as he passed by.

Connie wasn’t concerned about being subtle. He whistled when Kit walked out.

“Thank you,” Kit said, nodding his head regally as he walked to the living area. “Compliments are always welcome. Okay, I’ll be back in a couple of minutes.”

As soon as Kit left, Connie hip-checked Hudson. “You enjoyed seeing him in your clothes.”

“I absolutely did.” In them and out of them.

Connie squeezed Hudson’s shoulder. “I really think he’s okay.”

“I know, but I can’t help but worry.”

“Believe me, I know. Let me save what I was working on, then we’ll go feed our mate.” Turning away, Connie went to his laptop and sat down.

Hudson tried to bury his worries as he also saved the document he was working on.

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