twins even existed. A human and a dragon having dragon babies. Who knew? It was a damn miracle that humans could mate with dragons at all, much less have kids with them. We still didn’t know what unique traits the twins would have. So far, they seemed just like regular dragon babies, if a little small.
Well, apparently Sammy knew. She was the one that helped us figure out that it would be safe for Anthony and Skye to bond and for Skye to take the mating bite. I watched Anthony stare in wonder at his baby girl, then nearly jumped out of my skin when Sammy herself just appeared in the living room.
“Jesus, woman!”
She grinned wickedly at me. She’d startled Anthony, too, which in turn had woken Star. “Did I scare you?” She reached down and picked up the fussing baby. “Hush, sweet girl, Aunt Sammy is here now.”
“I’m going to put a bell on you,” I grumbled.
As our clan witch, she spent most of her time meddling in all of our affairs. I was fairly sure that wasn’t supposed to be what being the clan witch was about, but it was what she did.
After she cooed at Star for a few moments, Sammy snuggled her close and fixed her glare on me. Sammy had been acting weird lately. Something had been going on with her magic and she’d been stronger or something. I hadn’t put my finger on it yet and was too polite to ask, but I was totally curious why she seemed so much more powerful all of a sudden.
“Have you told Anthony yet?” She arched an eyebrow at me, staring at me as if she were about to put a hex on me, totally terrifying even as she rocked back and forth, bouncing little Star on her shoulder.
I froze and glared at her.
“Told me what?” Anthony leaned to the side to look around Sammy at me. I leaned in the opposite direction and pursed my lips at Sammy, trying to get the point across that she needed to freaking can it.
She ignored me. Of course. “You’ve gotta tell him because my visions keep changing on me, and it’s really annoying.”
When Sammy realized Anthony couldn’t see around her, she stepped to the side and sank into the rocker-recliner, watching us with sharp eyes while I squirmed uncomfortably.
Finally, I had to meet Anthony’s gaze. “What is it?” he asked.
I sighed. I’d been wearing long sleeves since the night my tattoo appeared, outside my bar. The night I’d helped Bri get away from her asshole ex and everything had turned on its head.
It had been cool, the weather still wintry enough that it wasn’t odd for me to have on long sleeves or jackets.
I pulled on my shirt sleeve and tugged it up to my elbow, then turned my arm around so Anthony could see the tattoo forming on my forearm.
He gaped at it, then his shock turned to delight.
Oh, that would be a short-lived expression on his face. “Don’t get excited,” I said. “She’s human.”
His eyebrows flew up, and he looked stunned. “Whoa.”
“Whoa, indeed,” Sammy muttered.
I shot her a dark look. We’d only recently learned that dragons could mate with humans, now all of a sudden two of us in the clan had human mates. For me to find my mate so fast behind Anthony finding his, and for both of them to be human, well, it was all very alarming.
Sammy shrugged. “I don’t know what’s unlocked all this mess. But I can sense something has changed. I just can’t figure out what it is.” She hesitated and rocked the baby. Anthony and I waited, sensing she wasn’t done talking.
She wasn’t. “My magic is stronger, and the magic in the area is as well. My connection to this town seems to be growing. I can’t explain it, but it almost feels like there’s been a block on this clan.” She shook her head. “I hesitated to say anything because I don’t know how to explain it or if I’m even right. Something is different, though. Unblocked or opened up. And I’m feeling all of it. My magic is changing with it.”
“Who is it?” Skye asked. I hadn’t realized she could hear us from the other room.
“You can come in here,” I said. “Your nursing Sean won’t bother me.”
“Nor me,” Sammy said.
Skye walked in with a bundle of blankets at her breast. I looked at Sammy instead, not wanting Skye to think I might try to get a glimpse