Page 31 of Starting Over
“True, but in the past, the dragon shifter and his mate would find a location deeply hidden from the locals. Usually, it was in a cave at the top of a mountain. They’d prepare the location, conceive achild, and when the bond mate began to show, they would go to the cave until the child was born,” Wyatt explained.
Rain thought about that a moment, then asked, “And exactly how does a dragon get their bond mate pregnant? How would a man even birth a child? I mean, I don’t know about you, but the idea that I would have to spit it out the tip of my dick makes me want to deny sex for the rest of our lives, and shitting out a child just sounds nasty.”
The deep belly laugh Wyatt gave as the man tightened his hold on Rain’s body had Rain smiling through his concern. When Wyatt finally got himself under control, he said, “I can’t wait to see just how far your imagination goes. Shit it out…” Wyatt laughed some more, then he said, “No worries, babe. The only shitting out anything you’ll have to do is all natural and stinky.”
“Nice visual,” Rain muttered.
Wyatt tugged Rain so he was lying chest to chest with him, and gently brushing Rain’s hair from his eyes, before lifting his head for a quick kiss to Rain’s lips. “My point is that no, the baby doesn’t come out of your dick or ass.”
“Then tell me how this even happens? I don’t exactly have a womb.” Rain reminded Wyatt.
Wyatt flopped his head back on the pillow, explaining, “When a dragon shifter and his mate decide they would like to bring a child into the world, the next time they have sex, the dragon shifter will breathe smoke… kind of like what I did when we bonded.”
“Okay.” Rain whispered, listening as Wyatt continued to tell him how this baby thing worked.
“When the mate breathes in the smoke, a womb is created and when I come inside you the egg is implanted in that womb, and I don’t really understand how it works, but it mixes with your DNA and a baby is conceived. The mate will grow with the bonded couple’s child as any human birth would, and when the time comes, the dragon breathes a birthing smoke that will open a slit in your stomach, the dragon shifter removes the womb, cuts it open with his claws and removes the child as the slit closes and heals as if it’s never been there.”
“Holy shit!” Rain rasped. “That’s… that’s fucking crazy.”
Wyatt was quiet a moment, then replied, “I think the idea of you carrying our child and birthing him is breathtaking and a beautiful vision in my mind.”
Rain smiled envisioning Wyatt holding their child and singing him to sleep while Rain sat back cuddled up with them both, and… damn it was a beautiful thought. “I’m going to need some time. I mean with all the shit going on in my life right now, it isn’t pregnant Rain positive. However, once we have Danny and his friends taken care of, I think we should talk about this again.”
Sighing Rain lay back down and closed his eyes. He needed rest and he needed Danny gone. He had baby talk to have, and until he knew he was even going to live through this shit, he couldn’t even begin to think about any of this…,and didn’t that just suck.
CHAPTER 12
Jude could be heard laughing, and Wyatt knew it was at his thunder’s expense, but Wyatt couldn’t blame him. Who knew that a tiny little elephant shrew could be so fucking fast against an entire horde of dragons.
“Get em good, Rain,” Jude laughed some more as Rain ran up to Omar and did a leap that was mind blowing.
Rain leaped at least a good three feet until he was on Omar’s dragon leg then leaped to a wing only to leap onto his back and skerry up his neck to the top of his head where he sat up, looked in Wyatt’s direction with his wiggling long snout.
“Oh my gods! What are you going to do now, Omar?” Jude shouted as he laughed to the point he almost fell off of his mate’s lap.
It was nice to see the two men together again. It seemed they’d worked out their differences… well, okay, so Wyatt knew that had to be the case because they hadn’t come up for air in the week that Wyatt had spent with his own mate.
Gods he was thankful for Asod and his men. They’d made sure no one had gotten close to the cabin or his mate while Wyatt had spent the time, he and his dragon needed to strengthen their bond.
Omar gave Jude a look, and with their mental bond all dragon hordes shared, Wyatt quickly said,“He’d give you indigestion, so don’t even think about it.”
“Besides, it won’t make a great impression with our new boss,”Ryan said, laughing as he walked up to Omar and blew on Rain,making him scurry around and shock the hell out of Ryan by jumping from Omar onto Ryan.
“Hey!”Ryan shouted in all the dragons’ minds.
“Damn it, Ryan, shut it! Fuck you’re going to give me a damn headache,”Arun called out.
Ryan huffed a puff of smoke, saying,“Yeah, well, you don’t have a little rodent on your head like some kind of fashion statement.”
Jinyr snorted,“I saw what you were wearing when we got here, and trust me, Rain is an improvement.”
“Fuck you, asshole,”Ryan muttered as he moved his head up and down towards the ground, trying to get Rain to shake loose and fall to the ground.
Oh, hell no! Wyatt marched over to Ryan, mentally snapping,“Stop that! You hurt my mate and I swear you won’t need a hat because you won’t have a head left to put it on.”
Ryan sighed, but didn’t argue. Instead, he walked like one of those models in training with a book on their head.
When Ryan got close to Augus and leaped onto him, sniffing around as he made the same chirping and twittering sounds he’d been making since he shifted.