Page 9 of Kingston (Savage Dragons #2)

The morning of school starting was fast approaching.

It had him counting down the hours before he was to go.

The arrangements had been made for Kings to take him and for one of his brothers to pick him up on the way home.

Skye had a bodyguard as well. It was all because they didn’t know from day to day what was going to happen with the three people who had chased them forever, with one of them wanting them both dead.

Since the morning of his first class dawned with rain in the forecast, he knew they were going to cancel classes for the day.

But as soon as he arrived, they told him that since you could never predict when you were going to have to have something to do with the outdoors, then you would learn more on the rainy days that came to them.

Setting out for the first experience of the day, Trevor had to keep telling himself to calm down and to watch what he was doing.

He just knew that he was either going to set fire to his sleeping bag or cut his fingers off when trying to open his knife.

He did learn a great deal on the first day.

He learned that he was a good deal smarter than he thought he was, and he was a good deal dumber than he thought, too.

Learning was fun for him, but he did have to curb his enthusiasm a great deal and not get anyone hurt who was learning, too.

He couldn’t do it all, though there were things that came to him like second nature.

He just needed to sort the differences and make himself a better survivalist.

On his way home with Brenin, they talked about his day.

If he were honest with the older dragon, he would have told him all he wanted to do was go home, take a shower, and go to bed.

He was that worn out. As soon as he was back at the house, he did take a hot shower but waited up for Kings and Skye to make it home.

He was beginning to see the need for him to get into better shape, as he’d not been like he’d thought he was.

By the time dinner was over, he was ready for bed.

There was no way that he was going to make it for the rest of the week if he didn’t get to bed and soon.

Dragging his butt up to bed, all he could think about was how he’d thought he was going to come right home and have some fun telling Skye and Kings what he’d done that day.

As it was, all he could do was grunt and groan about his day.

Kings was the one who had made sure he got to bed after brushing his teeth.

Not only did he have a hard time getting up the next morning, but he seriously considered skipping school to spend the day in the hot tub that had been delivered.

But he knew that he had to be serious about this, or he might as well need to know how to survive and not be able to do it.

Starting the weekend, he was going to make himself get on the treadmill and walk at least a mile a day until he could get his energy up and be able to go five like he did the first day he’d been in school.

He didn’t whine that first day, but boy oh boy did he want to.

Today was just classroom stuff, and he was glad that he hadn’t skipped out on learning.

He was sore, and it made him feel good, too, that the other two guys in his nerdy class weren’t in any better shape than he was.

Getting himself in shape might take him a while, but luckily for him, Kings had a gym in the house that he was free to use.

Otherwise, he’d have to run in the open like Travis and Burt did when they wanted to work out.

He didn’t want people to see him when he was starting out working out because they’d make fun of him. He was sure about that.

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“I thought for sure he was going to quit that first day. He’s come a long way in getting himself in shape for these trips.

I was going to cut them some slack to make sure that they weren’t too sore, but Haley, my wife, said that they have to learn, and cutting them some slack would only make it take longer for them to get into better shape.

” Kings was so happy to hear that he wasn’t getting special treatment while in the pack school.

He was proud of Trevor for his working it out, but he was more so when he heard that he was encouraging the other two to get into shape, too.

“If he were to get himself in a situation where he needed to depend on his wits, I think that he’d come out all right.

He might slip up a little, but he’d get there in the end.

And his skill at finding food when they need it was better than anyone I’ve ever seen.

He’s a good boy and working out much better than I thought he would after that first day. ”

“He gives us more than grunts when we ask him something now. Just the other morning, he spoke to us like he used to. I’ve been so impressed with his workout program that I’ve started using it myself.

He’s been doing a good job with that, too.

” JJ said he should be proud of the young man.

“Oh, I am. More than I think you could guess. He’s come a long way, like you said, but it’s been hard on him.

But he’s never given up. Which goes to show you what sort of man he’ll be, I think. ”

They talked about his grades and how well he was doing in his math and other subjects.

He’d been excelling in his English class and had begun helping the others in the class who were struggling.

That made him proud, too. In the short four months that he’d been going to the pack school room for classes, he’d come a long way.

“What do you know about the others who were wanting to get at him? The Connors were set to go on trial soon, weren’t they?

” He told him that they were going to the pre-trial in the morning, as a matter of fact.

“I’m hoping that you get some closure on this stuff.

I mean, they’ve admitted to murdering his parents.

What more do you think they’re going to need to get them out of jail and into prison where they belong? ”

“I couldn’t tell you. I was an attorney at one time, but it’s been too long for me to have to depend on my memory on how that would work for them.

I do know that Waggoner is having fits about being in jail while Skye isn’t.

He seems to think that he can make up a big story about her kidnapping Trevor from the Conners and that will somehow lessen his time in jail.

” Kings laughed. “So far, all he’s done is piss off every officer in the jailhouse with his bad mouthing about Skye.

It helps that she goes by there once a day to bring them muffins for having to put up with Waggoner.

She doesn’t ask about the trial or anything, just wishes them a better day because they have to watch over the idiot.

That’s what she calls him, too. The idiot. Good name for him, too, if you ask me.”

They talked about the upcoming school year for the human children and how it was going so far.

He told JJ about the backpacks that were there for them and who would be getting them before he was called away.

Kings made his way back home, whistling to himself and being proud of Trevor for what he was accomplishing in the classes he was taking. He couldn’t wait to tell Skye.

He’d been thinking a great deal about Skye and her living in the house with him and Trevor.

She wasn’t just sleeping there but had been observed at running the vacuum too.

Yesterday, he’d made dinner for them as it was the cook’s night off, and she insisted that she and Trevor clean up.

It was a good way for the two of them to talk, too, her and Trevor.

They were getting along well. He didn’t talk to her about going to the next level in their relationship, nor did she.

He wanted to in the worst sort of way; every time he saw her dressed in her working clothes of a skirt and blouse, he wanted to see how far he could get with her before she told him no.

And while he was sure she’d tell him that, every part of his body and mind wanted her to jump his bones and make love for three straight nights or until one of them died.

He was more than willing to die for the cause; he just needed her to be a willing partner in it.

Tonight they were going to grill out, and he was looking forward to that more than he had anything they’d been having the last few nights. Steak and baked potatoes with a side of mushrooms and onions. His favorite meal.

It took him most of the morning after taking Trevor to school to get the paperwork gone over for the new buildings they were having put in.

They were also going to go over the school with someone to tell them if it would be cheaper to bring it up to code again or just build new.

He was all for building new because there wasn’t as much back and forth to get it done.

Just demo the old building and put in the new one. Done and done, he thought.

It was about noon when Cassian showed up with the blueprints for the new administrative building that was going in for the schools.

They’d been working from an old gas station for years, and they were sorely outgrowing it.

He looked them over and approved them, but since his brother didn’t leave right away, he figured that he had something to say about them.

Waiting on Cassian wasn’t quick work. He had to have everything perfect in his head before he’d utter a single word about what was bothering him.