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“Stop calling it that,” Teal groaned again.
“You said to stop calling it the murder spirit and I did.”
“No murder in the name. Murder is in cold blood. What it did to Reve was a form of protection. It didn’t harm Crilus and it stopped when Odell said he didn’t like it,” Indigo said. “And I agree, we have to be gentle. I’m not going to sit back and watch Ambry be upset either and they’re all tied together. Hell, some days I think they’re more closely linked than the three of us are.”
“Not gonna lie. I sorta feel teamed up on right now,” Teal said.
“We’re not teaming up on you. We’re on the same side,” I told him. “You’ll get it when you meet your mate. We just don’t want them upset. Besides, Ambry might be pregnant already.”
“He might be,” Indigo nodded.
“The fact you think I’d upset them---” Teal started but I cut him off.
“Not on purpose,” I shook my head. “And it’s not just you. I’d fight Medwin right now if he hurt Odell’s feelings.”
“I think if I had met my mate at the same time as you two, we’d have died. So, what can we ask him?” Teal sighed.
“Let me lead that,” I said, turning to go back inside.
Chapter Twenty-One
Ambry
I didn’t like the looks on the triplets’ faces when they walked back inside. They looked as if they decided to execute someone and the shadow dog was the most likely subject for who they planned to put on the chopping block.
“They wouldn’t do that. Indigo wouldn’t let them,”my wolf chimed into my thoughts and I prayed he was right.
“Is everything okay?” Odie asked, meeting his mate’s gaze.
“I think it is,” Cobalt said, stepping into the nest and sitting down on Odie’s other side. He ran a long, tentative finger over the shadow dog.
“I don’t think I own anything haunted. If I did, don’t you think he’d have come out by now?” Odie whispered as if it was all one big secret. “This didn’t happen until after you claimed me and we had sex for the first time. I think us coming together unlocked something inside me. I think it made something stronger.”
“You think the dog is part of you?” Cobalt asked, speaking slowly and choosing each of his words carefully.
“Not in the way you mean. It’s not like a fetch, I don’t think. Maybe you gave me magic.”
“My dick has been called magical but I don’t think anyone meant it that way,” Cobalt chuckled, trying to break the tension.
“You did react to his anxiety – A LOT,” Teal pointed out.
“Uh… because it was A LOT of anxiety,” Indigo countered.
“Stop teaming up. We’re all on the same team!” Teal tossed his hands up in the air. “I’m not on the outside. I’m still me and I still have your backs!”
“Come in here,” Odie beckoned to Teal. “Unless you’re worried about the dog.”
“Odie’s right. We all need to work together,” I nodded. “Everyone in the nest.”
“It’s not even finished,” Indigo pointed out.
“We’ve got time. It isn’t even pee stick time yet,” I sighed.
“What do you think it is, Teal?” Odie asked a few minutes later once everyone was settled into the nest and stretched out on their backs.
Teal didn’t answer for a long moment. I glanced at him. His eyes shifted from his to his dragon’s, going back and forth as if they were sharing a calculation and putting together the puzzle carefully before announcing their theory.
“It has to be something that’s been with you for a long time,” he finally said. “It’s protective of you or is it he?”
