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“I have one—running.”
He made a face. “And that is something I don’t understand. Running is not a hobby. It’s something you do out of necessity.”
“Is there a reason you’re here? Otherwise, you should just go carve another naked statue.”
“Of you? Then I need you to model.” He looked her up and down. “Strip if you’re offering.”
“Gregor,” Sid growled out.
He grinned and took her hand. “I love when you growl my name like that. It sounds so primal.”
Despite herself, Sid snorted. “So much for the civilized doctor.”
“Even civilized doctors need a little wildness.”
At the huskiness of his voice, Sid resisted a shiver. All of her reasons for denying the frenzy seemed to fade away when Gregor was near.
Then she remembered the look in his eyes as he told her about his dead mate and Sid sobered. “Did you find anything while I was training?”
Gregor’s lips pressed together. “No, although part of it was because of your new doctor.”
“So Trahern came early?”
“Dr. Lewis is here, aye.”
“Then why didn’t you bring him?”
“I wasn’t sure how much he knew or how much you wanted to tell him.”
Gregor caressed the back of her hand with his thumb. Her Scottish dragonman was protecting her.
Sid could get used to someone watching her back. “I should meet him and then decide. I’ve only ever talked to him via video conferences and it’s easier to read people in person.”
“Are you sure you’re strong enough to do that? You look exhausted, Cassidy.”
“Gee, thanks.”
He winked. “I’ll always be honest, even if you don’t like what I have to say.”
She softened. “I want to be honest with you, too. However, what I’m about to tell you might scare you off. Brace yourself.”
Gregor raised an eyebrow. “Now I’m intrigued.”
For a split second, Sid doubted her decision. But she quickly pushed it aside. Gregor had gone above and beyond to help her. If what she revealed scared him awa
y, then so be it. “Tristan suggested something during our session that might be a last resort to taming my dragon.”
He raised his brows. “Oh, aye? What is it?”
The easy way would be to avert her gaze, but she resisted. “He said that giving in to the mate-claim frenzy might calm my beast long enough for me to learn to contain her.”
Gregor’s thumb stilled on her hand. Sid held her breath to see how her dragonman would react.
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The image of Cassidy round with Gregor’s child flashed inside his head before his dragon spoke up. We can have it all and start over.
Ignoring his beast, he finally answered his doctor, “But what about the bairn? Frenzies result in pregnancy and I know you’d never forgive yourself if the dragon ended up harming you and by extension our child.”
