Page 26 of The Dragons’ Eternal Mate

I nodded, eyes wide. “Right. Yes. Umm… I’ll… I’ll get some food from the kitchen.”

Without another word, I sprinted off, heading for the kitchen to distract myself from the fact that the only thing I was thinking about swallowing was Bastian’s dragon dick.

Gutter! Your head is so in the gutter!

As I hurried off, I heard Bastian chuckling to himself, and I glared at nothing. He was enjoying this far too much.

“I can sit up,” Ma grumbled, swatting away Annie, the sweet dragon who was helping her.

“It seems your feistiness is back.” I chuckled, quickly rubbing some sanitizer on my hands before I approached her bed.

“Rowan!” she cried thankfully, as if the answer to all her prayers had just arrived. “Please tell them I am well enough to go back to my own bedroom at least.”

“I’m sorry, but I’d like you here a few more days.” I winced, knowing she wasn’t going to like that. But she’d like getting an infection worse.

Her face fell. “But I’m so bored here.”

“If you want, I can put you in a room with Nix. You two can entertain each other.”

Ma gave me a pointed look. “I love that boy, but if I’m in the same room as him for an extended period of time, he is going to end up needing a lot more medical attention.”

I snorted, shaking my head as I paused at her bedside. “I believe it. Can I take a look?”

“Go ahead.” Ma waved at her chest.

The skin had gone from blackened to dark red, which meant it was healing nicely.

“It’s looking good, but I think it is going to scar,” I said with a grimace.

Ma waved off my concern. “I can handle a few scars, as long as it doesn’t stop me from everything I want to do. I’m just thrilled I’m not even in any pain.”

“None at all?”

She shook her head. “Honestly, if I didn’t know better, I would think you gave me some of that funny stuff you gave Bastian.”

I snorted again. “No, I gave you far better stuff,” I assured her.

“What in the world did you give me, then?” Bastian asked from the doorway.

I turned to him, smiling sweetly. “I gave you the cheap stuff because you were being an asshole. I didn’t think you’d take the entire pouch, but that was your own stupid fault.”

Ma cackled, wiping her eyes with her good arm as she dissolved into a fit of giggles. It was good to see her in such high spirits.

Laughter really was the best medicine.

“Well, you’re looking good here. I’ll be sure to check on you, but you’ll get out of here faster if you rest as much as you can.”

Ma narrowed her eyes at me. “Only if it’ll get me out of here.”

A couple of hours later, there was a commotion outside. I checked out the window to see dozens of younger dragons bringing boxes to the clinic.

“W-what is all this stuff?” I asked in shock as more and more boxes were piled in the lobby, dwarfing the room with the sheer number of them.

Bastian jerked his head toward them. “Why don’t you take a look?”

Cautiously, I approached the boxes. I had no idea what to expect. Tearing the tape off so I could get inside, I gasped as I laid eyes on what was in the first box.

It was a tapestry. I knew it very well because I’d spent so many days looking at it when I was recovering. Tears brimmed to the surface as I clapped a hand over my mouth.