“You would kill your father to protect me and our child?”
“I would.”
“But if you did that, you’d go to prison.”
“Shifters have different laws. If I killed him in dragon form while defending you, it would be considered primal justice, and I would not be charged for it. However, if I were to kill him in human form, that would be considered murder.”
“Oh! What about the body?”
“The council would take care of covering it up.”
“Has this happened before?”
“Has a dragon ever killed another dragon? Yes. It happens more often between two dragons fighting for the same mate.”
“Wow, brutal.”
“Don’t worry, nothing like that is going to happen. I know my father. He and I will have a fight. We may draw blood, but we will fight. I will prove my dominance and he will back down. Then he will take time to adjust to the new way of things. By the time our child is born, he will be accepting. I will make sure of it.”
Chapter 20
Alistair
Alistair arrived to Sunday dinner first. He wanted to talk to his father before Sarai, Phoebe, and Teagan arrived. He found his father in his study.
“Father! I wanted you to know I have some guests joining us for dinner. I already spoke to Mother about it.”
“Oh, are Phoebe and her parents joining us again? How lovely.”
The doorbell rang and a moment later his mother and Sarai enter. Sarai was dressed in a beautiful black dress with a pink sweater and pearls. She had a large arrangement of snapdragons, orchids, and lilies.
“The flowers are just lovely. You must be the one who made the other arrangement of orchids and lilies.”
“Yes, I did.”
“They were so beautiful.”
“Thank you.” She put them on the table.
“Mother, Father, this is Sarai. Come sit beside me. We’re still waiting on Phoebe and Teagan.”
His father sniffed and made a disgusted face. “Why have you brought this human woman to our dinner table?”
His mother rebuked his father almost immediately. “Be nice! You need to be polite. Forgive him Sarai, we are delighted to meet you.”
“Sarai is here, Father, because she is my true love. I will not marry Phoebe.”
His father slammed his fist down on the table, causing everything on it to jump and the wood beneath his hand to crack. He transformed, his teeth elongated, his eyes glowed, and his wings burst from his back. “This will not stand!” he roared.
“Stand back!” Alistair put a protective arm in front of Sarai. She ducked behind a pillar. “Don’t worry, whatever happens next, you won’t lose me.” Alistair took off his suit coat and unbuttoned his shirt as he prepared for the fight.
His mother tried to soothe his father. “Calm down, you’re making a fool of yourself in front of Alistair’s guest.”
“He dares bring a human into my house!” His father roared.
“Yes, well, our son is a rebel. Alistair, you know this is less than appropriate. Marrying and breeding with humans means that the dragon shifter line will eventually die off. The council will not like this one bit.”
“It’s too late for all that, Mother, Sarai is pregnant.”
