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Everyone frowned — everyone but Brayden.
Finally Tanya whispered, “Was it bad?”
He shook his head, “No, no, it was of my son. Our son.” He reached out and touched Brayden’s leg. “He’s going to be a wind rider.”
Both Cade and Tyr stopped, obviously shocked, “Do you think so?”
“I do. I need to speak to your grandmother, Cade, please. I don’t know what to think about this, between the warning about the ysidri and my vision? I feel like I need to speak to someone.”
“I need to know what a wind rider is and why it requires talking to the mystical dragon granny.” Poe looked at all of them. “I haven’t even really gotten to talk to the wyrmnain, and I have three of his babies here.”
Tyr chuckled. “We forget sometimes that you do not know some of these things my friend.”
“Yeah, I don’t know what that is either,” Sloan said, “How do you know?” He looked at Brayden.
“Because my mate told me, of course. This morning, so don’t feel bad.”
“A wind rider is a dragon who can bond with a winged creature and it’s something that hasn’t been heard of in hundreds of years.”
“Wild. So you think my nephew is one?” Sloan’s eyebrows gyrated.
Harden held Sloan’s gaze. “Yes, I absolutely do. I don’t know why I was chosen to have the knowledge, but I was.”
Poe’s lips twisted. “Well, it’s not a bad thing, though, right? To be honest, bonding with the critters is sort of our stock and trade.”
“This is different.”
“How? I’m so not understanding.”
He smiled at Poe. “I am not speaking of knowing what they need or sensing them. I mean, he will be able to speak to them and they speak to him as we speak to each other.”
Poe’s eyes went wide. “Whoa.”
“Yes.”
Sloan rolled his shoulders. “Do you think maybe it was just wishful thinking?”
“No, this was a vision.”
“Trust me guys, it was a vision,” Brayden told them. It was very good for his mate to back him up, because he was feeling fluttery and uncertain, but he knew he was right.
“Okay, so you want to speak to Cade’s grandmother because you’re worried about the same thing we worry about with Fredda and Penny?” He could see Sloan reasoning all of this stuff out.
“Yes, I just want some reassurance.” That wasn’t unreasonable, was it? Surely not.
Of course not, mate. Brayden comforted him with a smile. You’re fine.
“All right, we’ll reassure you, and she can reassure you. We’re all about reassurance.” Sloan winked at him. “I will never let anyone harm my nephew, Harden. No one.”
“I don’t suppose we could invite her to dinner?”
“What?” Cain looked at Poe as if he was insane.
“Well, couldn’t we just invite her over so she can meet the kids?”
“No, no, she doesn’t leave her grove.”
Poe shrugged. “Okay, so they have some cool symbiotic relationship. Can she go outside in the trees?”
