Page 40 of The Dragon Shifters' Enemy
Raziel appeared mollified by this.
“So what benefit would it have being near here?None,” Caden answered his own question.
Caden and Raziel were evidently on the same page about the Behemoth.Valerius met Iolaire’s blue gaze. Maybe he was not alone in his fears.
“Why do you think the Behemoth is close, Iolaire?”Valerius asked the White Dragon Spirit.
Angry.Arrogant.Anxious,Iolaire said.
Valerius nodded at each adjective except the last one for describing the Behemoth.“Whyanxious?”
He could almost feel the White Dragon Spirit as it searched for words to explain.Iolaire sent images instead of an army mustering its forces, of police and firefighters placing sandbags before a storm, and of civilians closing shutters and huddling in basements before a tornado.
“It is anxious that we will bepreparedfor it?”Valerius intuited.
Yes,Iolaire said with gratefulness.
“How can we get prepared?”Caden asked.
Iolaire suddenly became quite fixated on the roast beef.Its eyes went meaningfully to it and then the horseradish sauce and rolls along with the sharp cheddar cheese.
“It appears that your Dragon Spirit is as into food as you are, Caden,” Valerius chuckled.
Then, as if to shame him, Raziel looked at his full plate.Valerius quickly started forking chicken into his mouth along with a delicious creamy pasta.They ate until their Dragon Spirits appeared satisfied, or not as focused at least on food.
“Okay, guys, enough stalling,” Caden said as he wiped his lips with a napkin.“What do we have to do?”
Iolaire and Raziel looked at each other then, slowly, both looked to the red and white helix in the sky.Valerius and Caden both turned in their chairs to look at it.
“Ah… not following,” Caden said as he looked back at the two Dragon Spirits.
Valerius’ forehead furrowed.“That is a symbol of their love for one another.Do you wish--wish Caden and I to… tomarry?”
That was the only way he could think to establish themselves as mates.Caden’s eyebrows rose and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
“You want to get married?”Caden asked.
“Do you not?”
Valerius was surprisingly hurt at Caden’s disbelieving tone.But could he blame Caden?A few days ago, such a thing would have been inconceivable.But now?When they already felt so close?When they were mates?
“Ah,yeah, but… I guess there’s no real buts.”Caden grinned.“Yet there is one!If we’re going to get married, we have to make proposals!I mean I want to do something romantic that will surprise you and--”
No, not human marriage needed,Raziel growled with a puff of black smoke.Already mates.
Caden looked crestfallen.“Well, yeah, but there needs to be the big romance and--”
Party after Behemoth is destroyed, Raziel said firmly.
Which had both Valerius and Caden looking a little dashed.
“And to think, we could have done one of those Werewolf ceremonies,” Valerius said, half-joking and half not.
Caden appeared gleeful for a moment.“Totally!We could adapt like one from the movies!The Alpha’s True Matehas a great scene that--”
Party after Behemoth is destroyed!Raziel repeated with more insistence.
Caden held up his hands.“Okay.Okay.But I bet we would have even better food there than this.But if you two--”
