Page 21 of These Little Heirs
“Grandpa, remember all that stuff you thought I’d be busy with? Well, I’m wrapping some of that up. Can you ask someone to bring Ciro up a snack? Maybe some water or a sports drink? Please? I know this is bad timing, but we barely had time to say hi before Torvan showed up and fucked us over.”
“Alright. Five minutes and wrap it up! This isn’t fair to anyone, but I need eyes on you two to make sure you are okay! Indigo says you two were the ones closest to the explosion. Was Dolores here? Of course she wasn’t here! She finally took a few days off! At least she didn’t get blown up!” Medwin said, stomping away from the closet door.
I leaned into Teal’s chest, stifling my laughter. It wasn’t funny but my dick was still in Teal’s fist, and I wasn’t sure I ever wanted him to let go of it. I was soft and had just cum but some moments weren’t meant to end so quickly.
“Until we find another cubby hole,” Teal teased and stole a kiss as he handed off the shirt for me to clean up with. Thankfully, his laundry basket was also in the closet. “I can go first and make sure they all know you’re on leave.”
“What if I don’t want to be on leave?” I asked, my cat’s fur bristling along my back.
“Well, part of meeting your true-mate is taking that leave. It’s for your sanity and mine and everyone else’s too. Sure, you can go out there and play badass. I’m not saying we rely on idiots to protect us. I’m saying that if they give you any grief that you’re on leave because you’remymate that I’m going to rearrange their expressions and I am not a plastic surgeon. My whole life everything has been ours and I didn’t mind. Even now, if youreally wanted one of my brothers, you could have him but you’re mine.”
I blinked and my cat’s second eyelids slid over my pupils as if he too was trying to figure out how he felt about this. Mine. His. Ours. So many possessives.
“Just so you know that works both ways,” I said, righting my fly.
“I’d gladly watch you rearrange faces,” Teal smirked and stole another kiss.
Medwin knocked on the door again and told us that the others were fine. We knew they were fine of course. Morvan and Indigo had just gotten out of the shower and Cobalt was still with the wolves and Baby Robin. Medwin had returned with a full snack plate and wouldn’t hear a word out of either of us until we ate.
“It’s not as bad as it probably felt when it happened. He claims it was his shirt. He set his shirt on fire and dropped it,” Medwin rolled his eyes and glanced at the bed. “I don’t even know if the idiot knew dragon fire could explode like that with enough anger. Clarry is ready to off him. Eat him. Something,” Medwin sighed. “Me too sort of. I love Moonglow. If one of you were hurt I’d kill him without asking questions. I don’t understand why the dog didn’t get him.”
“He tried but he was too slow. Ciro knocked him over and tranqed him. You should’ve seen him. He was darting all around and stabbing people like he was in an action movie. Guard training is a good place to spend money,” Teal said and I fought off the urge to elbow him. It was a compliment, but I hated being the center of attention. Okay, that was a lie. Usually, I didn’t mind but right then I wanted to melt into the wall and pretend I didn’t exist.
“He’s the best. That’s why I sent him,” Medwin said matter-of-factly.
“And because you’re a meddlin’ Medwin,” Teal teased him.
“I didn’t want you to feel left out,” Medwin admitted. “I have no patience for that. You three do everything together and I didn’t like that fate decided not to keep the momentum going. So as dragons have done since the dawn of time I said forget that and took care of things myself. I hope one day you’ll understand why I did it.”
“I’m over being mad,” Teal shrugged. “Well, about that. I still wish you’d have given us a head’s up but then again I wish that Ciro hadn’t hid it from me. It’s taught me a lesson, though. All the omegas around here are sneaky and should be watched closely.”
“You’ll never catch onto us,” Medwin let out a genuine laugh.
“What are you going to do with the idiot tied to the bed?” I asked once the snack plate was nearly empty.
“That depends on what he says when we talk to him. Torvan is only pretending to be asleep but I’m letting him by with it until Morvan comes back. I think he’s taking a very long detour to meet the baby.”
“Where are we going to stay in the meantime?” Teal asked.
“You three are grown. That’s really up to you,” Medwin said. “It’ll be loud here over the next few days but Torvan won’t be around to blow things up again.”
“Already planning to give him the lightning chair?” Morvan walked in with Cobalt on his heels.
The real Cobalt this time and not Indigo pretending to be him. He nodded in Teal’s direction. My mate nodded back and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. I nodded hello too but didn’t look away from Torvan. He tried to sit up but he was attached firmly by his bindings.
“Calm down. They’re not executing you this time. I don’t think,” Morvan said, trying to break the tension. He sank onto the edge of the bed and scooped up one of the water bottlesas if this was one big slumber party. He and Teal shared a look I couldn’t read. They’d been friends forever but there was something intimate there. I didn’t think it was sex but who knew with the ruling family? I never stuck around anyone long enough to get close. Close meant losing them eventually. Teal tightened his grip on me and it took me a moment to realize he hadn’t read my brain, but my scent. I wasn’t covered in sugar cookie pheromone blocker spray anymore after his watering the nest stunt.
“They got you arrested,” Torvan finally spoke.
“I got me arrested and I’m not apologizing for that either,” Morvan said, and I cringed. A little bit of fake remorse went a long way with dealing with those who figured they ruled the world. “I believe in what we do. Everything we do.”
“Indigo does too. Now that he’s seen the seeds firsthand and all,” Cobalt said from the doorway.
“What am I missing?” Medwin asked.
“He just wants the future to be bright for his baby,” Cobalt said. “Baby Robin sneezed out fire today. You should’ve seen—”
“Cobalt, I want to hear all about that later but in case you forgot the man tied to the bed tried to blow up Teal and Ciro and succeeded in blowing up part of Moonglow Cabin,” Medwin sighed. The older dragon was obviously familiar with all the stalling tactics employed by his grandkids.
