She lifted her hand and gripped his forearm.“He’s very dead.Don’t worry.He was sweet to me, and he was kind, but we were friends long before we were lovers.I don’t need that twice in a lifetime.”
Riimal asked softly, “What do you need?”
“This time, I would settle for sex.”
Her grandparents’ eyes went wide, and Khytten burst out laughing.Zera just rubbed her forehead.Riimal had a slow smile, and his eyes were a blend of colours.“I think I can manage that.”
“Oh, good.Getting it from the dragon would just be weird.”
The eyes glowed gold.
Her grandparents looked at them and smiled nervously.Her grandparents said, “We will be outside, but you are coming with us?”
“I am.I can get out if I need to.”
Riimal said, “If you need to leave, I will take you myself.”
She nodded.“Right.I think Zera needs to brief me on something.”
Zera nodded.“Yes.Please wait outside.”
He caressed the mark softly and left the room.
Zera sighed.“Wow.He’s a lot.”
“Yup.He also can shift into a dragon, and he’s kinda big.”
Khytten smiled.“Salat is drawing images of you and the sand dragon already.He’s guessing at your hair.”
“I don’t remember meeting him.”
“You didn’t.He’s going off the videos and the projections from the party on Friday.”
“Oh.Good.I managed to get the footage together.”She smiled.
Khytten grinned.“It was amazing.When the Hyreno were going at it, and you covered the moon with your hand so it couldn’t see, that was hilarious.And all the footage of the island and Xeva riding her horse down the beach.”
“That was a fun one to make.Creating the footage was easy.The guys were harder, but I managed a few good shots mixed into each video.”
Zera was running scans and said, “I don’t believe it, but aside from your skin being completely new, you are fine.”
“I was fine but scarred and missing an eye.That was a shock.”
Zera smiled.“I didn’t realize your eyes were green and that you and Hemma look like siblings.We ran your genetics, and it is just a coincidence.”
“Thanks.Stuff around here is weird enough.”Ival grinned.
Khytten said, “Salat still wants to know if you are willing to write some comics for him.”
“Right.Forgot about that.Busy week.”
Zera smiled and nodded.“Torun was shocked when he saw you, but he was the one who figured that the ones attacking Hemma were after you instead.You have way more enemies.Hemma just had a stream of blowjob encounters, and I can’t see that causing hostility.”
“How many applicants is she up to?”
“Twenty-eight.I may ask her to teach a blowjob master class.”Zera shook her head.
“Yes, but she’s looking for a singular relationship.She wants stability.”
