I think my stomach drops in empathy. “Mental note: neverever get pregnant. All right. What did I miss while I was out?”
“Well, besides Farrah doing that, like nonstop, let’s see. The members of the Dragon Kingdom and Wolf Kingdom all left, so that’s helped things calm down. And,” she puts a finger on her chin and taps it. “Let me see what else? Oh yeah. Your mate has been raging war on everything and anything that gets in his path.” She stares at me accusingly.
“Is that supposed to be my fault somehow, because I can assure you it’s not. I’ve been peacefully sleeping.”
She stares down at me. “He’s been tracking down any remaining guivres and ending them.” She wrinkles her nose. “And not gently.”
“You wanted him to kill them gently?” I ask dryly.
“Well, no, but you get what I’m saying.”
“I do. You're saying that your people have Rauk and Noxlyn to thank for ridding your kingdom of all remaining guivres. I’d say that’s pretty good.”
The door to the bathroom opens, and Farrah walks out, looking just as sick as she did when she left. “What did I miss?”
I eye her warily. “Should you be lying down?”
She groans. “No. I’ll be fine.”
I grimace. “Shouldn’t you just be sick in the morning?”
She and Kinsley both laugh hysterically, and I’m sort of clueless. “Okay. Hey, while you’re both here, I have a question.” There’s a knock at the door, and I scowl. “Never mind. Come in, Rauk.”
As soon as he enters the room, both my friends make a mad dash for the door. “Bye, Harper.”
I turnmy gaze to Rauk. “Why do my friends run at the sight of you?”
He crosses his arms over his massive chest. “Better question is why don’t you?”
I snort. “You’re full of it.” He shakes his head, dropping his arms. “I heard you’ve been guivre hunting.”
“Just making sure none of them escape.”
“You’ve certainly changed. I thought you didn’t care what happened to the other kingdoms,” I challenge.
“I don’t,” he says, and I shake my head.
“You’re so full of it, Rauk. You do; otherwise, you never would have come. You certainly wouldn’t have brought your soldiers and their spirit dragons. And you most definitely wouldn’t be hanging out here tracking down any remaining guivres.”
“There’s only one reason I’ve done any of that.”
I wait for him to say more. When he doesn’t, I lift an eyebrow. “I really thought you were going somewhere with that. I guess you’re not going to tell me what the reason is.”
He studies my face, and I try to figure out what he’s thinking. “Let me know when you figure it out.”
I throw my hands up in frustration. “Rauk, you’re so infuriating.”
He smirks. “And you’re so easy to get along with.”
“I may not be, but at least I don’t talk in circles.”
“Neither do I.” Then he changes topics suddenly. “I’m leaving. I have to get back.”
Not wanting to deal with the conversation that’s coming, I add, “This conversation feels so familiar, like we just had a similarone. Oh wait, we totally did.”
“Are you coming with?” he asks.
Redara?
