Faerie chuckled.You're welcome, Vervain.
Chapter Sixteen
Arach and I ended up having sex in his office since the nurials were asleep in our bedroom. This annoyed him, but that annoyance faded as soon as I got naked. Then it was all smiles and thrusts from my Dragon King. Unfortunately, we were so tired after our exertions, that we fell asleep on the fur rug.
And our children found us in the morning.
“Gross!” Rian's voice woke me.
I blinked awake, my first sight an expanse of smooth skin. Then I lifted my stare to my kids—Brevyn and Rian standing to either side of Samara. Sam's brown eyes were wide and staring at her father's bits. I grabbed the rug from behind me and flung it over Arach and me.
Arach frowned and spat out fur, coming awake at last. “A Thaisce, what are you doing?”
“We're still in the office,” I said. “And our children are awake.” I looked pointedly at them.
“Why does Daddy have a horn between his legs?” Samara asked.
“A horn?” Arach asked with a smirk.
I groaned.
“That's not a horn, Sam,” Brevyn said. “It's his penis.”
“Thank you, Brevyn. We'll handle this,” I said. “Boys, go downstairs. We'll join you for breakfast in a minute.”
“All right, Mom,” Brevyn said.
Rian just shook his head at us before they left.
Arach sat up and settled the fur around us. “Come here, sweet girl.” He opened his arms to her.
“Oh, no. Don't you dare start in with the you-know-what talk already,” I said. “She's too young.”
“I'm a big girl,” Samara said.
“Yes, you are,” I agreed. “But not big enough for some things.”
“What's a penis?” she asked.
Of course.
“It is a man's sexual organ,” Arach said. “Your brothers have them too. You are a girl, so you have a vulva like your mother. One day, you will have breasts like her as well.”
Samara looked from Arach to me as I inwardly cringed. I hated this part of parenthood. As much as I didn't approve of how open Arach was with our children, I was relieved that he was willing to handle this.
“Why are we different?” Sam asked. “And what are sexual . . . ?”
“Organs,” I finished for her. “They are body parts.”
“And we are different because it makes life more interesting,” Arach said. “There are males and females in every species. Those males and females—”
“Arach,” I cut him off.
“Well, what do you want me to say, A Thaisce?” he huffed. “She needs to know why we're different.”
I sighed. “Samara, there are boys and there are girls. When they grow up, they become men and women. Then, and only then, are they ready to have babies together.”
“They become mommies and daddies?”
