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“Okay. Don’t let me fall, though.”
He narrowed his beastly eyes at me. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just say that.”
I huffed out a laugh.
He was a pain in the ass, but I liked it for some reason.
I stood up and walked around to his side, eyeing the distance between the ground and the back of his neck. It was at least four feet high. “I think I need a stepstool.”
He snorted.
“Need a lift, El?” Eli called from across the yard.
August growled.
“Nah,” I yelled back. “Don’t want to smell like you. Thanks though.”
“You’ve got it.”
I didn’t know if I did, but it was time to find out.
Stepping up to his side, I ran my hand down the smooth length of his scales.
Wow, I loved how he felt.
He hummed at my touch, so he must’ve enjoyed it.
Finally, I set my hands on the back of his neck and went up on my tiptoes. In one motion, I pulled up and threw my leg over him.
My knee smashed into his side before I crashed back to the ground, landing on my ass.
August made a coughing sound, and I laughed hard.
Yeah, that was a fail.
Eli and Gordon were both choking back laughter when I looked over at them, still on my butt.
“Dad used his tail to lift mom up,” Eli hollered. “Try that.”
“Hmm.” August’s voice was considerate. “I do remember that.”
“You just wanted to see me land on my butt,” I teased, brushing off my backside as I stood up.
He laughed into my mind. “I prefer staring at your ass when it’s not covered in dirt, actually.”
“Probably true.” I stepped up to his side again, and his thick tail curved around my side.
“Definitely true. Drape your arms over the top of my tail.”
I lifted my arms over the spiky, scaled appendage. In a slow, smooth motion, he lifted me off my feet and up to the place where his neck met his shoulders.
I leaned up against his neck, and he made a satisfied noise as he pulled his tail away from me. “There we go. Comfortable?”
“I guess.”
He chuckled into my mind. “Arms around me.”
“You swear you’re not going to let me fall?”
