Dragon Heat 2-in-1 by Lolita Lopez

Author:Lolita Lopez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

You are out of your mind.”

Griff stopped repacking his gym bag long enough to glance at Mad. His cousin leaned against the wall of lockers and shook his head in disbelief. Griff didn’t blame him. Away from Avani’s enticing scent, he was starting to have second thoughts, too. His gaze skipped to the closed door as he thought of her waiting for him. Was she feeling the same uncertainty about her brazen plan? “She made a good case.”

“A good case?” Mad scoffed. “She asked you to give her a baby. That’s not a little favor done between friends, Griff. That’s a lifelong commitment.”

“She doesn’t want a commitment. She just wants the baby.”

Mad’s appalled face mirrored Griff’s feelings on the subject. “Please tell me you didn’t agree to that.”

“No. I reacted in much the same way as you. I made it clear that if this plan of hers works, if we’re able to keep her line alive, I will be involved.”

Mad rubbed the back of his neck. “A baby, Griff? Have you really thought this all the way through? Have you considered what Ignatius will say?”

Griff grunted. “I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. It’s likely this won’t even work. We’re not exactly a species known for high fertility rates.”

“But you’re still going to give it that old college try.”

Griff ignored Mad’s juvenile gesture. “Don’t be crude.” He considered what kind of courage it had taken for Avani to come into the gym of her family’s sworn enemy and ask for this kind of help. “She’s trying to save something precious. What she’s attempting is no different than what you or I or any of the Brothers do any time we’re called on to protect dragons from the Knights.”

Mad looked properly chastised. He touched his chest and lowered his gaze in the way of their tribe. “My apologies.”

Griff accepted the apology with a nod. He finished packing his bag but hesitated before finally admitting, “I’ve been thinking about children for some time.”

Shock filtered across Mad’s face. “You never said—”

“I know,” Griff interrupted. “It’s not the kind of thing I felt comfortable discussing, but seeing Stig’s happiness with Cora has made me rethink some of my priorities. Now that Ignatius is opening the floor to debate on some of our stricter laws and covenants, I’m hopeful we’ll see some softening of the restrictions on families for membership in the Brotherhood. Think of all we’ve survived over these many years, Mad. Can you imagine being killed tomorrow without the knowledge that some part of you lives on?”

“I’ll admit to thinking of our line dying out with you and me or the handful of cousins who belong to the tribe. It’s a…difficult fate to accept.”

“Maybe we don’t have to accept it,” Griff countered. He glanced at the door and thought of the dark-eyed woman nervously awaiting his return. In his long life he’d come across numerous female dragons, but never once had he experienced this powerful attraction toward one of them.

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