Page 15 of Magic and Mayhem

Ugh, having friends was hard.

“I can…one sec…” He took a big deep breath and finally managed to stop laughing. “First of all, you can’t keep him because he’s a person. Second, I’m glad he’s a Daddy and that he likes you, but I think you need a few more dates before you start figuring out thecan I tell him about dragonspart.”

That might’ve made me sigh, but Alick was mean and ignored it. “If he gets upset and leaves, everyone is going to be pissed that we have to hire a new deputy. They like this one.”

Oh, good point.

“Does that mean I need to be patient or does that mean I have to get permission before I tell him?” I wasn’t sure I liked either option. “If we want to keep a human, we get to tell them. That’s always been the rules.”

He snorted. “No, the rule from the council is that you have to wait until you know you want to marry a human or someone gets a human pregnant. Since you can’t do that to him even if you wanted to pretend to be a very Dommy top, you’re supposed to wait for the marry part.”

Rolling my eyes, I scoffed. “Keeping him in my hoard is much more important than marrying him.”

“That’s not how it works.” Alick sounded very confident about that, but he was wrong.

“No, it is. I looked at him and I knew he was mine. Like my toys or when Lorne first started collecting his sparklies. I get to keep the deputy.”

Shoot.

Did I know his name?

Deputy?

Ugh. I couldn’t even ask Alick or he’d use that as a reason to say I couldn’t keep my Daddy.

“You try telling that to the council and see how far it gets you.” He laughed. “Or try using that argument on Boyd.”

He was such a brat.

Why had I thought he’d be the one to tell me what I wanted to hear?

I should’ve called Lorne instead.

He probably knew my Daddy’s name too.

“You’re suspiciously quiet.” Alick was starting to sound like Boyd.

Yep, it was time to regroup and get a new plan of attack so I could keep my Daddy without feeling guilty. “You’re crazy.”

Maybe if I offered to bake Lorne a pie, he’d tell me it made sense to talk to Daddy about dragons tonight?

Yes, that was a much better plan.

Chapter 5

Talon

“I made it through my list and met a startling amount of our fascinating citizens, but I did not have anyone volunteer that they stole the armored car.” That sentence was a basket of stupid, but I said it with a straight face.

I had a feeling we both knew who had the armored truck, but fuck if I knew how we were going to get enough evidence for a warrant…or if we could even get a warrant.

Hell, I wasn’t sure if the local judge was an alien or not because I’d only seen him from a distance.

My boss pretended to frown and be frustrated with my answer, but he was insane and an alien, so I didn’t buy it for a second. He also wasn’t a very good actor. “Well, that’s a disappointment. We’ll have to see what else we can come up with.”

I was pretty sure he was playing the part of what he thought a sheriff should do, but I didn’t fault him for that because, again, alien…and he actually seemed to like the town. It was just outsiders who he didn’t care for and I didn’t particularly blame him.

If I was hiding an alien civilization in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, I wouldn’t have wanted outsiders or tourists either.

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