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“Thank you.”
Another nod. “I’m going to hug you now, Levi.”
I laughed. It felt good, a lightening of my inner mood. “That would be nice.”
Her body was immediately pressed against me, all soft curves and firm muscle, a solid eight inches shorter. My chin rested on the top of her head, drinking in the smell of her shampoo with its faint coconut odor. I liked it.
“Levi.”
“Yes?”
“I think we have company.”
I pulled away to follow her gaze. Two dragons were arrowing in on my condo. They were still far away, but their path seemed to lead straight to us.
“Go inside,” I said. “Without rushing. But whatever you don’t, don’t let Jakub come out. Keep him inside. Keep him quiet. Am I understood?”
Chapter Twenty-Five
Levi
“Now,” I snarled when she didn’t immediately move. “There’s no time to argue. Do it, and yell at me later.”
“You don’t want them to know you have a child?” she asked, retreating.
“Obviously not,” I said tightly, wishing she would just go already.
“Why?”
“Will yougo?” I said, stepping toward the stairs.
“Are you ashamed of him?”
“Not in the slightest,” I snapped, my back to the oncoming visitors, hoping I could block most of the view of the stairs if I stayed put. “I’m proud to call Jake my son. But you’re a human among dragons. He’s the son of a human, Sarah, and I am not about to put our child in danger while I figure out if they’re okay with that or not. Now,go!”
Truthfully, I was almost positive they would lose their composure if they found out. Malakai and Lydia were not the most open-minded of dragons when it came to humans. It was one of their biggest issues with the sovereign: Her open desire to see us grow closer to them.
Yet another reason why we needed to get rid of her.
“Fine,” Sarah said, casting one last glance at the sky before going inside to stop Jakub from revealing his presence.
I exhaled slowly, trying to calm myself as I faced the sky and waited for Malakai and Lydia to make their landing.
“Why are you so nervous?”
Spinning, I found myself accosted by Sarah, her arms crossed and eyes hard.
“I told you,” I said. “I don’t want them to discover Jakub. Not yet.”
“You’re lying,” she said. Then shook her head, hair bouncing. “No, not lying, but you’re holding back from me, Levi.”
I wanted to tell her to take her suspicious secret-service self inside and just drop it, but thewhooshof dragon wings prevented me from speaking.
“Levi.”
Putting on a smile, I turned as Lydia called my name, hoping Sarah didn’t see the stiffening of my spine.
“Lydia,” I replied with a big grin, which froze in place as I took in the other woman.
