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I blow snow off my lips. I shouldn’t have pulled my scarf down before, but I wanted to see the dragons better. “Yes. My pride is never going to recover. Everyone saw, didn’t they?”
“Not everyone,” Isaac assures me solemnly. “Most of them were looking at the dragons.” He tilts his head. “You look like a snow monster.”
Micah coughs, but I know he’s trying not to laugh. I sigh. “It could be worse,” I tell Isaac. “I could have been eaten by a snow monster.”
He nods. “That would be a lot worse. Do you need help brushing off the snow?” He begins vigorously patting and brushing my legs, and I grin.
“Thanks. You’re such a big help.”
Micah’s smiling at me with warm tenderness, and I wonder if he’s got a thing for snow monsters. “Help, Micah,” I order, and begin beating snow off my arms and torso. He chuckles but obeys, and it’s only a minute before I feel more human.
Cold. But human.
I turn back in the direction of the dragons and see the other two have also shifted to biped form, and there are now four men talking to Garrett and Ash—
“Whoa. Are those two twins?” They have to be. They’re identical, except for their clothes and the fact that one has slightly longer hair.
“Looks like,” Micah agrees.
“I’ve never met identical twins before. And now I’m going to meet identical dragon twins.” I forge forward through the snow, trying to be more careful this time but not delaying.
One of the twins—the stern one, the guy who’s in charge of security—sees me coming. His glare would be impressive if I wasn’t surrounded by demons twenty-four seven. Frowns don’t scare me anymore.
Well… not much.
CHAPTERTWENTY-ONE
Micah
I don’t likethe way that Steffen guy is frowning at Cam. I scowl right back at him, warning him with my eyes not to say anything mean.
“Oh good! Here he is,” Garrett says cheerfully. “This is Camden Torrence, our puzzle expert. He’s made excellent progress already. Cam, come and say hello.”
Cam forges forward, and I hurry to stay within grabbing distance in case he trips again. Isaac stomps along in my wake.
“This is Steffen, Wil, Fabian, and Ronan.” Garrett gestures to each dragon as he introduces them. I know Steffen from when he came to the cave with the wing leader, but the others are strangers to me.
Wil is the first one to offer Cam his hand. “It’s so great to meet you. I have one of your puzzles—Alistair gave it to Steffen, who gave it to me. You’ve got incredible talent.”
Cam’s cheeks flush. “Oh. Thank you. I’m glad you like it. Wow. A dragon likes my puzzle.”
“Loves your puzzle,” Wil corrects. “We’re on your wait list for an order too.”
“Really?” Cam looks agonized, and I know what he’s thinking. He wants to bump them up the list, but other people have been waiting longer.
“We’re happy to wait,” Wil assures him, earning my friendship. “I just wanted you to know how much of a fan I am.”
Cam smiles brightly. “I’m a fan too. Of you.”
“He’s taken,” Steffen says sharply. “I don’t think his boyfriend would like—”
“Oh, no!” Cam shakes his head. “Not like that. I’m taken too. Well, I’m mostly taken for now. I just meant… dragons. Like… wow.”
Steffen doesn’t seem impressed, but Wil’s smiling. “We can be mutual fans, then. If you have questions about dragons, you should talk to Fabian. He’s our species historian.”
I look at Fabian, who has floppy black hair and a cheeky smile. He’s talking quietly to Chloe and Isaac, but I hear, “I don’t know anyone called Ed. I can ask around, if you like.”
Sighing, I make a mental note to talk to Isaac again about the fact that Ed the dragon is imaginary. Or maybe I’ll get Dad to do it, so I don’t have to be the bad guy.
