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“Thanks. I get these every holiday from Tyson.”

“He’s of the Estes clutch?”

“Mmmhmm. So why are you all…” Corbin flapped a hand. “Dressed.”

“Your mother is coming.”

“No shit?” Corbin immediately rose and began cleaning the kitchen.

“Can I help?”

“No, just stay there and be clean. Goddess, why is Mother coming?” Corbin actually sounded worried.

“Is she unkind?”

“Depends on who you’re talking to on whether she’s unkind or not. My brothers, no. Never.”

Oh dear. “She’s coming to speak to Cosmo.”

“She’s coming to tell him he’s pregnant.” Corbin’s voice was dry as dust.

“Well, I hope so.”

“I bet you do.” Corbin looked over his shoulder at him and grinned. “So do I. I mean, not about the Mom coming part, but about the baby part. I’m into growing things.”

So why hadn’t Cosmo told him that Corbin and his mother had a problem? It seemed relatively important.Mate.

Hmm? What do you need?

I just told Corbin that your mother is coming to see you.

Okay.

Do you have anything you need to tell me?

Uh. I’m wearing white, so whatever we do for breakfast, it shouldn’t be messy.

Cosmo!Oh, he loved his mate, but damn, Cosmo was so frustrating.

What?

Why is Corbin panicking?

Ah, it’s just Corbin.The thought was utterly dismissive.He gets weird.

This seems larger than weird, mate.

No, it’s just that his magic and her magic are the same magic, and that makes them all angry all the time about each other. It’s never ugly; it’salways been this way. It’s sort of the same thing if you said that our dad was coming. Cullen and I would be a little concerned, but he can’t, so we don’t have to worry about it.

Oh.

Well, that was interesting. He did understand that oftentimes when dragons were very, very similar there were conflicts. It did seem incredibly unfair to poor Corbin that the only parent who could come and visit was the one that he didn’t particularly get along with.

But Hawk was going to be very quietly pleased that it wasn’t Cosmo. Very quietly.

He started drying dishes and putting them away, and Corbin offered him a friendly, if slightly worried, smile.

“So tell me about your mother.”