Page 33 of The Platinum Dragon's Courageous Mate

Lachlan held Micah in his arms, humming a little nonsense song, dancing around the hall outside Kieran’s suite of rooms. They were working on a room for Kieran next door to his own massive bedroom so Kieran could move down, but it was still a work in progress. So they were staying in Kieran’s rooms.

He thought maybe Micah had a tummy ache. He was so fussy. So Lachlan was walking with Micah.

He danced and he bounced and he sang and he rubbed the baby’s back. He hoped that if it was just a bubble, it would come up.

Hopefully not with anything gross attached to it.

“I think we should get you a tricycle when you’re bigger…you and Kaden will each get a tricycle, and you can have races up and down the hallways. It’ll be so much fun, you and your best friend.”

He liked the idea of having a best friend; after all he’d been born with his.

Speaking of—he reached out.Hey, you awake?

Brother, are you well?

Micah’s got a bit of an upset stomach.

Oh, I hate that. Maybe try a warm bath?

He bobbed his head.Now that’s a good idea. If this doesn’t work, I’ll try it. Right now we’re dancing in the hallway.

Bryant’s chuckles filled his mind.Tell me you at least have a rag.

I do.He couldn’t stop his laughter, and it bounced the baby, and suddenly a bright violet ball of flame appeared, shooting down the hall, making him blink.

Goodness.

Did he burp?

Lachlan nodded and grinned.A big ball of purple flame.

That’s cool. At least it wasn’t lightning. I almost lost my eyebrows when Kaden did that the first time.

Wow. I wonder what that does, exactly…He loved when babies started coming into their affinity, but it could definitely be chaotic.You should see what Kieran can do.

He’d never seen a dragon who could create light. Literally, Kieran’s made anything shine in this amazing way. Kieran insisted that it wasn’t even external, but more that he was drawing the light from inside the subject, which was a fascinating and kind of honoring thing.

It made him feel beautiful. It had been a long time since he had felt anything close to that.

I’ll have to ask him to show me, if that’s not too intrusive. Bryant’s mental voice was respectful and Lachlan was grateful for that. He wanted his mate and his brother to like each other.

I think he’d probably be happy to, Bry. When are we going to go flying?

He could suddenly hear Micah’s little voice in his head, sound asleep but still very distinct.Flyyyyyy.

Then he saw an image of Micah winging his way across the sky.

Oh, he talked to me!

Who?

Micah? He shared his dream with me. I— I have to tell Kieran. He was dreaming of flying.

Is he feeling better now after his burp? If he is, put him back to bed and go to sleep with your mate. We can fly the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I have a meeting.

Sounds perfect brother. We’ll go out early the day after tomorrow. Thank you. I love you.

I love you too. Get some rest.Bryant laughed for him.