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“I’m glad that you are looking good,” Dean said. “I was terrified that we were going to lose you.”

“I’m glad that you didn’t ask me how I was doing.” Micah laughed. “I’m better, although tired.”

He explained that Dillon had taken him to talk to the dragon king the day before.

“I guess I’m not quite as good as I thought I was, but at least I was able to make the trip.”

“I’m envious. I would have loved to visit the shifter world and talk to the dragon king.”

Micah explained the little bit he saw and said, “It would be a fabulous place to visit. Unfortunately, that is not allowed. The only reason I was able to go to the shifter world and back out again was because I had special permission from the dragon king.”

“So, he seemed relieved when you told him that we would be leaving soon.”

“He did. Can you blame him? We knew the risks and shifted anyway. We created a mess that they will have to deal with.”

“No, we didn’t,” Dean said. “The hunters put themselves in that position. We simply defended ourselves.”

“I can still see their position that we were warned and should have found another place to shift,” Micah argued.

“Yeah, you’re right.

“I just can’t imagine living here full time and having to constantly look over my shoulder. We get hunters every once in a while back home, but nothing like this. There has to be some kind of spray, like Raid, that can get rid of them,” Dean said.

Micah nodded.

“I know what you mean. Unfortunately, the hunters here are like roaches. You can kill two and four more show up. It’s because the Faisons sponsor them. They give them a place to stay, money, food, the works.”

“Feed them and they will come,” Dean said. “You are planning on heading out?”

“I am. I can’t imagine staying here any longer. Plus, I’m bored out of my mind. And if I don’t get back soon, my father is going to have a stroke.”

“What about Lucy?”

Micah shrugged.

“I’ll go whether she comes with me or not. She’s going to do what she wants to do and that’s it.”

“She is stubborn that way,” Dean said.

“What about you?”

“I plan on leaving tomorrow,” Dean said. “It’s getting close to time for the ceremony. It’s clear that Lucy isn’t interested in more than a friendship with me.”

The two friends toasted each other, both wondering what the future would hold for them.

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Lucy

“Ouch, damn it,” Lucy yelped.

“What happened?”

“I burned my hand on the grill.”

Clara panicked and found some aloe for the burn. Lucy assured her that it would heal quickly and she would be fine.

“That is the last time you go near that thing,” Clara vowed.

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