I smirked. “Okay, I’m joking.”
He wiped his brow. “Thank goodness.”
“But sheiseight hundred and eighteen, to be exact.”
“Buthow? How is that possible?”
Now came the biology lesson.
“The dragon knights inherited an extended life, if not immortality. When one of them meets the person he wants to spend his life with, he’ll bite him or her. That causes physiological changes in their bodies, like granting them a longer life. It was why I had to be careful in high school. If I’d given someone my bite… well, the shit would well and truly have hit the fan.” I peered into his eyes. “But you? I want to give you my bite so badly, because I can’t imagine spending a single day without you.”
He flushed. “And if youdobite me, what happens then?”
“You’ll live a really long time, same as me. We’ll be bonded, literally. And as for sex?” I grinned. “If you thought it was good before, wait until you receive my knot.”
His eyes scrunched. “Say what now?”
“Dragon knights are very rare. Because of the magic involved in their creation, it’s hard for them to have children. My mom and dad were blessed to have three. Most are lucky to get one—the bulk get none. In terms of human science, our species is critically endangered.”
Mason’s eyebrows shot up. “But Omegas are extremely fertile. We can have lots of babies.”
I needed Mase to realize something. “I didn’t know thatwhen we got together. You’re right, but that hasnothingto do with why I wanted you.”
He frowned. “There’s something I still don’t get. Your dad is fifteen hundred years old, your mom just over eight hundred. Why did it take them so long to have a child?”
I sighed. "That's how rare dragon children are. Mom and Dad were together hundreds of years, and they tried. Pretty much every day, according to Dad.” I grimaced. “And just so you know,thinkingabout that has scarred me for life.”
He shuddered. “Ew. Dude, I get it. Parents having sex.” Another shudder.
“But it never went well,” I continued. “Mom didn't get pregnant, no matter what they tried. Then, one day, twenty-three years ago, she woke up and puked. She was sick all day, and pretty much every morning. They took her to the doctor and he told them 'congratulations'. It was weird, because a few years later the twins were born, but then we were it for them. The doctor said he couldn't see how they had us, because Mom was infertile. After we were born, they couldn't have others, despite wanting them."
“Can we get back to the knot thing?”
I’d thought long and hard about how to explain this. “Have you ever seen a dog having sex?”
“No. That’s not how I get my kicks.”
I pulled out my phone and opened a video.
Mase stared at me. “You have thisbookmarked? Why?”
I let out a sigh. “Foryou, dumbshit. I hoped this might come up one day, and I wanted to be ready to explain it.” I pressed play and two cartoon dogs popped up on the screen. “See, when a dog has sex, his dick has a bulb that swells up, locking him to the female until he successfully inseminates her. Dragon knights have something similar, but only a female who has received a bite can get pregnant and that’s if they’re incredibly lucky.” I bit my lip. “I believe you could change that.”
“How so?”
“A child of a dragon knight will literally take on the best traits of both parents. In your case, our child could be very fertile, allowing a lot of births. Again, this wasn’t even in my mind when we got together.”
“But now it is?”
I nodded. “I’m sorry.”
His eyes were like saucers. “For what? Telling me the two of us together could rescue an absolutely amazing species? Fuck me now and knock me up, big boy!”
I laughed. “You need to know the whole story first.”
“Okay, so tell me.”
“Us coming here? It was the luck of the draw. We had no idea werewolves even existed. But Dad thinks we could stay here if we told them about us and asked them for protection.”
