Page 34 of Love in Unexpected Places

He wouldn’t have to because Theo was sitting next to Matty and had heard the conversation.He had his phone out and was typing, probably explaining everything that was happening to Chance.

Chance had been in his office, but Matty heard the door open in the distance.He wasn’t surprised when the alpha walked into the living room, his phone still in his hand, a worried expression on his face.

“Sullivan’s coming here with a dragon,” Matty explained, still on the line with Sullivan.“He wanted us to know so we won’t attack him.”

“He doesn’t have to worry about that,” Chance said with a nod.“Tell him to land in front of the house if they can.”

“Did you hear that?”Matty asked Sullivan.“Chance wants you to land in front of his house if it’s possible.”

“I’m not the one in charge here, but I can try guiding Oliver,” Sullivan answered.

Matty blinked.So the dragon’s name was Oliver.When had Sullivan and Oliver introduced themselves?What the fuck had happened at the coven house?

Matty had too many questions and not enough answers, and he wouldn’t get them until his boyfriend got there.

Luckily, it shouldn’t take long since Sullivan was coming by dragon.Oliver wouldn’t have to stop at red lights or worry about traffic.He did have to worry about people seeing him, but hopefully, being a dragon shifter, he knew how to avoid that.

“I’ll be waiting for you,” he promised.

“I can’t wait to see you,” Sullivan answered before the line went dead.

Matty lowered his phone and stared at it.Had Sullivan hung up on him?It didn’t sound like it, but if he hadn’t, it meant that something might have happened, and Matty didn’t think he could deal with that.

“Breathe,” Sabrina said.She leaned forward and squeezed her fingers around Matty’s wrist.“He’ll be fine.”

“The line went dead, and I don’t know why.The coven might have followed him.What if they found a way to go after him and his dragon friend?What if they shot them out of the sky?”

“You can’t think like that.Sullivan is coming here, and you need to have faith that he’ll get to pack territory in one piece.I doubt that the coven will be able to stop him.”

“They have to have planned for something like this to happen.”

“I don’t know about that,” Chance answered.“They’re arrogant and sure of themselves.I’ve been talking to Sullivan, and he told me that after what happened with the last dragon who woke up, they tightened the spells around them, but that’s pretty much it.They didn’t expect more dragons to break free of their spells, and they wouldn’t dare wake up a dragon to use them to fly.They won’t be following Sullivan.”

“They could still shoot Sullivan down.”Matty put down the phone to wring his fingers.“I can’t lose him.I just found him.”

“You won’t,” Chance promised, even though he couldn’t know that.“What did you hear?Was Sullivan yelling or worried?”

“No more worried than he should be in this situation.I could only hear a lot of wind.”

“He probably hung up because he needs to focus on clinging to the dragon.”

Matty’s stomach dropped.His boyfriend was sitting on a dragon, high in the sky, and risking sliding off at any moment.Suddenly, Matty was glad that Sullivan had hung up.He needed to cling to his dragon friend because Matty didn’t want to lose him.

“Have faith,” Chance said with a smile.“He’ll be fine, and you’ll see him soon.”

Matty sighed and flopped back against the couch.“I’m so fucking scared.”

Seth patted Matty’s knee.He hadn’t said anything, but Matty didn’t need him to.He didn’t need any of his family members to say anything.Their presence was enough for him to get through this.

Since they didn’t know when Sullivan would be arriving, they headed outside.Chance tried to convince some of the others to go home, but they all wanted to stay with Matty.Sabrina and Josie were already fast friends, and they ignored everyone else as they talked, but they didn’t leave, either.

Matty was glad to have the support.He didn’t know what was about to happen, but he was freaking out when instead, he should be strong for Sullivan.

“He’ll be fine,” Seth murmured.He knocked their shoulders together.“He’s a fighter.”

“Yeah, I know.”Sullivan was fighting the coven leaders.If he could face that, he could face a dragon ride.

“And it looks like he made a friend,” Seth added.

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