Page 89 of Dragon Keeper

Brayden volunteered to go up to the portal and deal with Amazon and also get the Rocky Mountain clutch involved. Sloan’s job was going to be to distract his mate. He figured Tor would be the best person to handle the assist there.

“And I want pizza.”

They all stared at Riley, who flushed, his scales rattling. “I know, it’s not my party, but think about it. Beau Jo’s style honey cheese bread.”

Sloan and Brayden both moaned. Beau Jo’s was a Colorado pizza chain that had the weirdest but best bread with honey and cheddar cheese. And their pizza had a mile-high crust that tasted so darn good.

“I wonder if Corbin and them know anybody who can go down and get us sixty or seventy pizzas?”

Brayden leaned in and winked. “The Werebeaver. He would do it.”

Cade shook his head but didn’t argue. Cade had learned about pizza.

“Yeah, he’s an odd duck, huh?” Riley snapped his teeth kind of like a beaver, and he and Brayden had to laugh. That was just like Yarrow the were-beaver.

“Wait.” That was Harden “Is he a beaver or a duck?”

“Beaver.” They all spoke together.

“Then how are they an odd duck?”

Sloan tried to explain. “It’s a saying, like, she’s pale as an orblok.”

“Ahh.” Cade laughed. “Poe has many such sayings. I am not certain I have heard him use that particular phrase.”

“Yeah, it just means he’s a strange guy, but he’s super nice.” Riley shrugged. “I hope he likes pizza.”

Brayden chuckled. “I know that he likes to have a reason to run out and run errands. The triplets are less and less likely to go out these days.”

Sloan nodded. “I can see that. It’s really hard to notice the fact that there’s a set of crayons.”

Cade snorted when Harden frowned. “Crayons?”

Cade nodded. “Those wax coloring sticks, my friends. Corbin, Cullen, and Cosmo are too colorful for the human world, and having more and more trouble faking it.”

“Is it the contact with us, do you think?” Harden waved at his own body.

“I think so. Partially.” It made perfect sense to Sloan. “Anyway, partially I think it’s having babies. Having babies makes that harder, and especially when they move across the veils of all sorts of lands.”

It stunned him that there were so many options. Fey. Dragon. This grove or glade or whatever. He always got that mixed up. It waswild.

Cade leaned in like he was sharing a secret. “I must admit, it is all very complex. I prefer our lives. They’re simpler. If I wanted complex, I would be in the city.”

Riley snorted. “Cities are just like any other place, Cade. I mean, there’s dragons and magic, and okay, that’s a little weird, but it’s just busy.”

Because you were all, like, citified before now.

Shut up. I’d been to Denver.

He rolled his eyes but didn’t bother to say anything. He just sipped his cazik and waited.

Poe bustled in then. “So did you all solve the problems of the world?”

“Possibly. We want to hold a baby party for our dear Tyr.”

Poe’s eyes lit up at Cade’s words. “A shower? Oh, that would be so much fun! How can I help?”

“We need pizza.”