Theodore (Xavier's Hatchlings #2) - Kathi S. Barton Page 0,28

Theo felt his dragon roar at him, moving over him in a way that he was sure he’d enjoyed their mate as much as Theo had.

Dropping on top of her, Theo had to concentrate on breathing. In and out, he told his lungs. In and out. When Pem giggled, he lifted his head up just enough to rest it on her forehead before asking what she’d done to him. The little laugh had him rolling to his side.

“You’re hilarious.” Looking at her with one eye closed, he couldn’t speak as yet. “Did you know that after you come, and it was fucking amazing, that you make little sounds in the back of your throat? A clicking sound.”

“That would have been my dragon. That’s his sound—like a purr, I guess you could call it.” Pem rolled to her side so that she could look at him. “I felt him there. Did you?”

“Yes. He spoke to me too. Telling me that he loved me.”

Theo wasn’t surprised by that. He told her he loved her as well. “I saw you talking to my mom earlier. I hate to bring her up at this moment, but did she give you information on being the mate to a dragon?”

“She did.” Pem rolled to her back and didn’t speak for several moments. “She said that she didn’t know if we’d be able to have children. I think that hurt her as much as it did me. She so wants a grandchild. But she did tell me that there any number of children we can adopt, and they’d be just as much ours as if we’d created them ourselves.”

“I would love any child you were willing to have with me. By any means. I love you so very much.” She told him she did him as well. “There are other things you’ll need to know. I should have pointed this out before we came up here. You’ll need to eat more red meat, just to be able to keep up with me. It’s not just sex, but even when we sleep together. I’m hot all the time, and your body will work on trying to cool you off. Juice too. Anything fresh you want to drink is better than nothing.”

“I think our cook told me that this morning. I was still in overwhelmed mode then.” He asked her if she was all right now. “I don’t think I’ll ever be all right. But I think I’m handling things a little better than before. I told you I stopped taking the medication. I’ve not had to resort to it again at all. I’m proud of me for that. Also, the thought of ending my life hasn’t entered my head either. For which I’m very grateful.”

“I am too. I nearly forgot to tell you. You had a phone call yesterday from a doctor by the name of Pinchester. He wants you to call him back about the case against Doctor Charles Shivas. I didn’t ask, but I’m assuming he did something to you?” Theo knew what he’d done. Aunt Carson had told him. But he wasn’t going to tell Pem that. “Do I need to kill someone for you?”

“No, not yet, at any rate. He tried to get me to sleep with him when I was coming here. I sued him and his practice for it. I have the recordings of everything, and they’re telling me they don’t have them. Like I’m going to send them the ones I have.” He asked her if Carson could look into it. “She already is. She’s sort of scary, isn’t she?”

“You have no idea. But I’m glad she’s doing this. Hell will be paid, and I won’t have to see you through bars.” He closed his eyes for a moment, just to think about the rest of the things she needed to be told. “Your dad is getting out of jail tomorrow. I’m not sure why they’ve held him for this long. There is a rumor that he’s planning on going to the house to live there. He seems to think you’ve been lying to him, or someone has, about the place being torn down.”

“He’ll figure it out.”

Theo watched her. She was closing her eyes slower and slower. When she finally fell asleep, he didn’t move from his position on the bed. Reaching out to Finn, he told him where he was.

While we’re here, is there anything I can bring down for you? Not right away, but tonight sometime. He didn’t ask