This was definitely NOT the conversation I wanted to be having right after Mere found out she is my mate and having to convince her that I didn’t want to be mated to a dragon. I’m not sure how to explain to her that she’s my life and no one will ever take her place. I can’t exactly describe the other dragons as sisters since I’m having a child with one. I see her body tense up, and she looks back at her food. That food must be so f*****g interesting because she’s focused more on it than me during this entire conversation. “I do, or will, have a child with Zephyr. In a few weeks.” She frowns, staring into her bowl of food. “So, you’re going to go have s*x with her and have a child with her?” “No! No, that’s not what I mean.” I sigh, rubbing my hands over my face. “I’ve already impregnat