Page 24 of Marked By His Alpha Dragon's Desire

“Do you think that we’ll stay here or move to be closer to them?”

“I don’t know,” I said. “I kind of assumed we would stay here. I like it here, in this house. It feels like home.”

“Me too,” Luca said. “And even though it’s only been a few days, I like the idea of starting a family with you, putting down our roots here. The pack loves us, and our children would be surrounded by other shifter children.”

I kissed the top of his head, then rested my cheek against his hair. “I love that idea, too.”

“You and your brothers were one clutch,” Luca said. “Three eggs?”

“Yes.”

“Is that a typical number? Or should we be worried that we might have more than three dragonets?”

“Maybe,” I said.

“Three just sounds like a lot.”

“It is, although multiple births are pretty typical for dragons and even wolves.”

“I’ll be honest, that’s kind of terrifying.” Luca’s hand was fully under my shirt now, trailing up my torso. I wondered if he even realized he was doing it. Our instincts were to be as close to each other as possible.

“Fate would not give us more than what we can handle. I promise.”

“Oh, don’t get me wrong, multiple children with you would be amazing. I have always wanted a big family. But three at once—”

“I know. It will be challenging.” Terrifying. Exciting. I couldn’t think of a better person to take on that challenge with.

“How soon will we know?”

I shrugged. “I’m not sure. We can ask Quinn. He is the pack doctor.”

“Wait. I thought he was the vet.”

“He runs the vet clinic also. He went to vet school, but there are many cases where animal science helps diagnose issues in shifters better than human medicine, so that’s pretty typical. Tyler also mentioned there is a group of doulas in town that can also help.”

“I suppose that makes sense, especially if one is injured in their shifter form. Don’t you shifters heal very fast? I mean, your burns disappeared within a day.”

“We do, but there are some things that even we can’t come back from.”

Luca shuddered. “That’s not something I want to hear, not when I know how dangerous your job is.”

“I am always careful, mate. Always.” I kissed his head, letting my lips linger over his skin. His body thrummed with pleasure. “Now that we are mated, you also have my healing abilities. You cannot shift, of course, but there are benefits to being mated to a dragon.”

Luca giggled but said nothing.

“What?” I asked.

“I was just thinking that your cock was the benefit… but I’ll take rapid healing as well.”

I chuckled and tickled his side until he squealed.

“So, wolves enjoy the full moon, based on what I learned at the event today.”

“They do.”

“The bear shifters mentioned that they have a hibernation where they just kind of lie low for a few weeks.”

“They do.”

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