Christmas for the King (The Dragon Warlords Book 4) by Megan Michaels

Author:Megan Michaels [Michaels, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Published: 2018-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Zorander was buckled in his seat with Cloven and Drayce near him. He couldn't help but chuckle at their grim faces, conveying his sons' frustration and fear. Yet, every once in a while, a hint of a smile would play across their lips, and he knew they were thinking about the prospect of babies—their children.

It was a grand feeling to know his progeny would carry on his name and also a heavy burden, because he was also responsible for the training of a new life.

But he could see the annoyance his boys felt with their women, and he understood it. Zorander understood the fear behind it. They weren't angry as much as they were afraid. Afraid of losing their wives, afraid of the dragons trampling or mauling them while protecting them. The dragons meant well and their only goal is to protect the rider, but in the process, many women had been injured or lost their lives by the well-intentioned beast.

The dragons spiritually and emotionally are tied to the warlords. That is how the commanders receive the scaly dragon patch on their shoulders and warlords receive a tail the same color as their dragon. The dragons meld with their partners in an almost symbiotic manner, and once a warlord becomes with child, the dragon feels responsible for the baby from the time of gestation and will do anything in its power to protect the mother and the child.

Zorander and his sons conveyed all of these things to the women, not once, but many times. They had been warned to never go into the clouds on a dragon if they were pregnant. It just wasn't safe. At all. Most men kept their pregnant wives away from the barn during the whole of their gestation.

He couldn't understand how—not just one—but all three of the women took the warning so lightly. How could they plan a Christmas trip to another planet and not tell the men?

He chuckled to himself. There was a part of him that knew exactly why they did it. They wanted to go Christmas shopping, riding their dragons, and they most certainly didn't want the men issuing orders, keeping them inside and away from the beasts they loved.

The men were riding in the military transport today because the dragons couldn't get them there quickly enough. And with the delicate situation of the women, it would be safer for them all to ride the transport home, as well. The soldiers would bring the dragons back to Trexotera.

The rockets rumbled and the transport shook, leaving the launch pad. The transport should reach Diviljak within five minutes. There was a possibility they would get there even before Artemis and the girls, but the timing would be close.

A voice came over the earpiece, "Zorander. Zorander Quinn?"

Zorander responded, "Yes, Captain."

"We're setting course, sir. We shall arrive at the center square in Diviljak in four minutes and forty seconds."

"Thank you, Captain."

"Feel free to move around the cabin, but we'll be descending in three minutes and thirty seconds.

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