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Only the Father had a bare face.
Casey lifted her hand and grinned sheepishly. “I have a question, please.” The Father smiled and nodded at his mate. “Once the bands have finished repairing my insides—will I be able to have children?” She hesitated and frowned. “Can BrOdByc and his brother clones have children?”
Brode blinked. He’d never thought to ask that question. Neither had any of the others. None of them had created a life… that they knew of. They never stayed in one place long enough to know. There was absolute silence as they all waited for the Father’s answer.
The Father leaned forward in his chair. Looking at each of the brothers in turn before saying, “The mating bands act as birth control. Until you meet your fated mate and are connected to her, you can’t have children. Casey, you are now mated to BrOdByc. In theory, the healing pain you are going through means that yes… you will be able to have children. But I prefer to deal with facts. In a week or so, once you’ve been pain-free for a few days, let’s do another scan and I can answer that question.”
His mate’s blue eyes were wide as she studied the Father. As if wondering if she could trust him. Finally, she huffed out a breath and grinned. “I can wait a week.”
Chapter Twelve
BrOdByc
Casey fell asleep in his arms in between the bridge and his room. She didn’t see the brothers lining the hall, standing vigil for her. But Brode did, and it meant the world to him.
Putting her to bed, he readied himself for a sleepless night. He had a full injector and planned to experiment with his mating bands to help her sleep through the night. The Father said the dragon royalty of Megoth could use the bands to take away their mates’ pain. He just needed to figure out how that worked.
Brode wanted her to sleep through the reconstruction of her organs. The Father didn’t have any idea how long it would take. So, he would hold a vigil, reacting when she became restless.
He wouldn’t have slept anyway. His mate never asked if he had a special ability. He did. As Master of the Future, BrOdByc’s ability was an odd combination of premonition and foresight. He always knew what the brothers needed before it was required. He often knew instinctively where they should go. Or what they should do.
BrOdByc didn’t need to ask the Father if his brothers would find their mates soon. He already knew they would.
Looking around his room… he realized change would come quickly. For one thing, they would need to make more money. The mates would have needs and desires. Brode wanted to run out and purchase all sorts of things for her.
Plus, the brothers would no longer want to take turns hibernating. Brode was done with that forever. The others would follow when they had their own women. Probably sooner. Who would want to hibernate and take the chance of missing their fated mates? The answer to that was no one. Which meant the ship would eventually remain fully staffed.
He grinned when he felt the call from his brothers. Waking those who slept. Sharing their exciting news and preparing them for this next step.
Casey shifted on the bed, moaning low. Brode sat beside her, taking her hand, and placing it over the mating bands on his arm. Immediately she let out a soft breath and settled into sleep. He blinked, wondering if it could be that easy?
Thirty minutes later, Brode slipped off his clothes and settled beside his mate. Pulling the covers up around them, he made sure his bands touched her flesh. He didn’t plan to fall asleep, but after laying there and listening to his mate’s even breaths for several minutes, his eyelids closed. Brode promised himself that he’d only rest a few moments.
The Next Day ~ Casey
Between one moment and the next Casey woke. Taking a deep breath, she kept her eyes closed while she waited for the pain to start again. It didn’t come. She flexed her toes, rotated her feet and hands, then rolled her head from side to side. Everything felt fine. In fact, it felt amazing. Like she could run for miles.
Her body reacted better than it had in a long time. Opening her eyes, she realized there must be a light on in the bathroom. Casey stared at the ceiling for a moment. Dealing with her new reality. A reality where she wasn’t sick. Where she had a mate and might be able to have children.
How did she feel about that?
The sudden flood of happy tears streaming down her cheeks answered that question. When she brought her hand up to wipe away the tears, she noticed two thick bands around her wrists. One band around each wrist mimicked the wave pattern of BrOdByc’s mating bands.
She didn’t think they were there yesterday. In her body yes. Around her wrists… no. She hadn’t seen them. If Brode did, he would have commented.
Casey frowned. So, what did that mean? She blinked. Were they done with the healing? Was that why she didn’t have any pain this morning? Had the bands finished with her and settled in one place?
Oh, hell no. She hoped not. Casey could do without the pain, but man she’d miss the bands if they couldn’t join in when she and Brode had sex.
Propping herself on an elbow, she looked over at him. His eyes were closed, his breathing steady.
Casey bet he stayed up all night, watching over her. He was so sweet. So, careful of her. Her man was also mouthwateringly sexy.
Her gaze trailed over his face, down his chest, to his stomach. A dusting of dark hair started just below his belly button and tempted her eyes to follow the trail down to his thick cock. The shaft jutted fiercely from the coarse, dark hair and his heavy ballsac hung just below. His cock bounced and expanded even more while she watched.
She glanced up to see his brown eyes open and studying her. She held up her hand, stopping what she figured would be a round of questions. “I’m good. Just be quiet and let me play.” When he grinned and nodded—eyes sparkling—she looked back down at his body.
A dark blue vein pulsed along his length, tempting her. She licked her lips in anticipation. The knobbed head glistened with a drop of clear fluid.
