Page 53 of Craving Her Vampire

“Thanks.” She smooths her hand over her stomach. “We are thrilled.”

“Saylor is pregnant and she listened to Elijah and stayed home,” Bishop says.

“Saylor has had morning sickness twenty-four seven. She didn’t want to be running to the bathroom constantly. Elijah is being a good mate and taking care of her,” Penny retorts.

“If something happens tonight, your ass can still be turned red,” the other dragon says.

“Laken,” she cries.

“What?”

“We just met Daisy. What will she think?” she asks.

“That I have no problem spanking you for knowingly putting yourself in danger,” he answers.

“Everyone here has turned an ass red,” River offers.

“That’s probably why the lions aren’t here,” Quinn says.

“Quinn, that’s not true,” Stephanie says.

“Believe me, I spoke to Las. Breeane was begging for it,” he says.

“I agree with Penny. Can we stop talking about red asses? Daisy came to meet us,” Harmony scolds.

“Mate,” Blue smirks.

“Of course, you want to stop talking about it,” James says, and Harmony squirms. Jax tries to hide his smile, and she stops, crossing her arms.

“We should stop,” Marie says. “We should get to know Daisy.” Bash glances at her, and her face turns red. She huffs and lowers her eyes. Bash didn’t have to say anything, but his one look said enough.

“See, love,” Micah says. “Nothing to worry about. They are in no position to judge anyone.”

“Vampire, you have lived longer than anyone here. You can’t make us believe you haven’t spanked an ass,” River says, and my nostrils flare.

“Careful,” Micah says, petting my hair. “Daisy doesn’t like to think about me with anyone else.”

“At least we aren’t talking about all the shit that has happened when we get together in a club,” James snorts.

“Or a BBQ,” Harmony mutters.

“Hey,” Penny objects. “She was asking for it. Laken was the one who set her hair on fire.”

“The coyote had it coming,” Laken says. “Shit, sorry,” he says to me. I tilt my head.

“Serenity had the worst experience in Ryker’s club,” Ava says.

“We aren’t going to talk about it,” Ryker says.

“It’s a big deal,” she continues. “Ryker had to turn her.” She leans forward. “This woman who wanted Ryker almost killed her in the bathroom.” Kerian squeezes her thigh, but she ignores him. “She thought Ryker would actually want to mate a coyo—” She stops abruptly. “Oh…shit.” Her eyes drop, and she bites her lip.

“Fuck,” Micah spits. “I know all of you are trying to be welcoming, but you suck at it.”

“It’s alright,” I say, touching his arm. “You aren’t the only ones who have had a bad experience with coyotes. I lived with the worst of them. I did many bad things to survive. I don’t blame you for not trusting my species. You don’t have to censor your stories because of me. I could tell a few of my own.” I settlefurther on Micah’s lap. “As far as spanking is concerned, I plan to earn a lot from my mate. I won’t blush or stammer if you talk about it. I already informed Saphira Micah is my Daddy. I’m not ashamed of it.”

More silence.

Micah hides his face and laughs in my hair.

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