Chapter 7
After everything blew up, I never saw how the situation was dealt with because Draken had pulled me away long before it ended.
“Pregnant women need peace and quiet,” he said, his usual cool tone tinged with rare grumbling. “All this nonsense is bad for the baby.”
Then, he settled me on his lap and buried his face into the crook of my neck before inhaling deeply.
For a moment, his weight nearly knocked me over, and I instinctively threw
my
around his neck to steady myself.
“When is that brat finally coming out? Even the ones who conceived after you have already given birth!” voice thick with grievance, nuzzling against me.
he
grumbled in
“Litha, I feel awful!” He squirmed restlessly, whimpering in soft waves of discomfort.
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Feeling the heat in my blood stir, I shoved at him annoyedly and snapped, “If you feel awful, just hold it in! The baby’s barely full term yet, and we can’t fool around!”
He nodded sulkingly but looked up at me with wet, hopelessly persuasive eyes, and I could almost feel my heart melting
away.
Like I was bewitched, I reached my hand toward him.
He let out a low grunt, and his eyes lit up instantly.
In the end, it wasn’t until my arms were cramping, and I could barely lift them anymore, that he reluctantly left. And it
only because I pushed him out the door.
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Before leaving, he turned around, looking completely unsatisfied, and said, “Have the housekeepers massage your hands and
soak them in warm water. I’ll be needing you again tomorrow.”
Now, Draken was no longer the innocent, shy kid he’d once been. As for me, I wanted so badly to strangle my past self from
two hours ago, when I’d gone soft and felt sorry for him.
He might look all naive, but he was pure trouble, through and through.
In the end, it was my hands that suffered it all.
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A month later, when Arya came to the dragon clan covered in wounds and begging for my help, I could barely lift my arms.
Despite my disdain for her, I agreed to meet her immediately.
