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“As if you could budge me.”
“I’ll tell Tyr,” Riley shot back and he frowned.
“Tyr’s not that big.”
“No, but Tyr has Sloan, who is big, and not only that?”
Riley paused and he blinked up, curious.
“He has Melissa.”
“That’s cheating.”
“All’s fair.”
It wasn’t fair at all, but he found it absolutely impossible to refuse that demanding, amazing, charming little baby girl anything she wanted. It was ridiculous.
If she wanted uppies, if she wanted a bottle, if she wanted out. If he heard her, and he was capable, he made it happen.
He loved her more than was reasonable, and she knew it.
“Don’t worry. I’ll go first thing after breakfast. That way I know he’ll be done with the feedings and everything by the time I get there, and I won’t be bothering him.”
“Perfect. I’ll hold you to it.” Ryder scooted across the bed and wrapped both arms around him, giving him a koala hug. “I love you, bro.”
“I love you, too. Now get out of my room.”
Riley kissed him on the cheek with a big smacking noise then let him go and crawled off his bed. “I’ll see you later tomorrow if you’re not gone by the time I get here.”
He scoffed and waved Riley out the door but he had to admit he was feeling a little stupid for having agreed to do this. He wasn’t going to be courting Harden. He would just go see the guy. So he had to figure out what to take him.
Maybe he’d just take some beer. Surely he could just go buy a bottle of beer, maybe a growler?
This was a land of dragons.
They had to have dragon flagons, dragon growlers, ale, beer, possibly a really nicely brewed IPA.
Oh…
That was it.
Beer.
Surely one of the guardians could go get him a motherfucking six-pack of Sam Adams and some Funyuns to take to Harden.
Brayden tilted his head. He wondered if he could get edibles here?
Huh.
Chapter
Three
Harden had fed the bwostfol, and he’d gone and traded for the pastries for Brayden’s birthday party tonight. He had had a nice hot cazik, and now his happy ass was going to go visit with Mahla and her amazing new filly.
He wanted to know her name. He wanted to pet her little face. He wanted to learn her smell and have her learn his.
His wings kept trying to pop out with sheer excitement.
