Page 115 of Edge of Darkness

“We’ll learn to balance our instinctual need to protect him against his need to come and go as he pleases. Once we mate him, his freedoms will be somewhat restricted, unfortunately.”

Connie sighed. Of course they would be. Kit would be the mate of a royal.

“But sticking him in one of our hoards is not the answer either,” Hudson said. “And speaking of that….”

“Yes?”

“Don’t you think it’s time for you to move into the main house?”

Connie propped himself on his elbow and stared down at Hudson. “Into the main house or into your bedroom?”

“Yes.” Hudson grinned up at Connie. “My house, my bedroom, my life. You practically live here anyway. Why not make it official?”

Connie bit his lip. “But how do you think Kit will react to that?”

“He already knows we’re in a relationship. I’m pretty sure he also knows we’re sleeping together every night.” Hudson tapped his finger on Connie’s lower lip. “And stop that. You’ll have a sore lip if you keep that up.”

“I don’t want him to feel alienated. I already worry he may feel that way, since he knows wearesleeping together every night.”

“Keep in mind he chose where he wanted to sleep. And anyhow, he’s going to end up in our bed sooner or later, sweetheart. Although I’m hoping for sooner. I don’t want to rush him though. He’s been intimate with us faster than I thought he’d be,” Hudson said.

“I get the feeling he had an interesting childhood. He’s mentioned before that he has a mom and two dads. Plus, he lived in a commune. I bet he has some really cool parents.”

“Speaking of parents, both of ours will eventually want to meet our mate,” Hudson said.

Connie cringed. “Aw, dragon gods.”

“Oh, come on, she’s not that bad.”

“Keep telling yourself that,” Connie said. “Your mother is a force to be reckoned with.”

“That’s true. My dad is much easier to deal with,” Hudson conceded. “But back to what I mentioned earlier. I want to make it official. I want you living here. In fact, I’m going to expand the underground vault where I keep my hoard for you.”

“Say what now?”

“I’m going to enlarge it, then enclose one section for your hoard. You will have your own secured entrance. I don’t think either one of our dragons would be happy combining our hoards, so I’m going to do this. What do you think?”

That sounded like a wonderful idea to Connie. And yes, as much as he cared for Hudson, sharing a space for their hoards was out of the question. “Are you serious?”

“Of course. Why are you so surprised? I want you here with me, so of course I will do what I need to in order to make your dragon happy,” Hudson said.

Connie closed his eyes and checked in with his dragon. The beast rumbled agreeably. He also liked the fact they would be living with Hudson. Connie opened his eyes. “We like the idea.”

“Please, feel free to make any changes you want to our bedroom too,” Hudson said. “And just so you know? I like saying our bedroom.”

“Why don’t we hold off on that? Eventually, we’ll have Kit here with us. Then we can redecorate when we make things official,” Connie said. “But in the meantime, there are some small personal things I’d like to have in here. The rest of my junk I can put in storage.”

“That’s a good idea.”

“What are we going to do with my cabin?”

“Why don’t we leave the big furniture in it for the time being? Anything else of importance, you go ahead and bring here. How does that sound?”

“That works.” Connie leaned down and kissed Hudson’s lips. “We’re so close to what we want.”

“Be patient, sweetheart. We’re getting there. We have Kit in our territory and within reach. Our mate may not know it yet, but he isn’t leaving here.”

“So it isn’t just me worried Kit will want to move back to his place once everything gets straightened out,” Connie remarked.

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