Total pages in book: 80
Estimated words: 76943 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 385(@200wpm)___ 308(@250wpm)___ 256(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76943 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 385(@200wpm)___ 308(@250wpm)___ 256(@300wpm)
That had his nose coming back down and he gave me a very imperial nod. “I’m special.”
Damn straight.
“I’m a pain in the butt and I think my legal expertise as well as my dealings with the government got me sent here.” Someone had figured that out. “Our local council had been bouncing around ideas but someone got a phone call and then it was Pierce this and Wren that.”
“Wren surprised them.” Merritt’s grin was ear to ear. “He liked surprising them.”
“He did and I think he’s enjoying driving his Daddy insane too.” Shaking my head got another happy sound from Merritt. “But their bond is almost as good as ours and Toman is almost as good a Daddy as I am.”
Merritt knew the right answer because he immediately bounced and gave me a cute cheek kiss. “You’re the best.”
It was good to have a mate who realized it.
“You’re the best little and mate.” Nodding as he did a cute aww shucks wiggle, I kept my tone serious. “You haven’t caused chaos in town. You knew me right away. You keep your toys neat and are lots of fun to play with.”
Merritt nodded, looking like he knew how special he was too. “I haven’t eaten anyone either and I don’t tell the diner men naughty things.”
He knew where they’d gotten the spreader bar.
I wasn’t going to ask about that.
“You are amazing.” I could’ve kept listing out why he was so special, but that would’ve taken up our whole evening. “You’re so amazing, in fact, I should push you on the swings.”
They were tucked away at the back of the park and sturdy enough that they weren’t designed for children, so I didn’t hesitate to steer us in that direction as Merritt sucked in an excited breath. “I like swings.”
“I think I’m going to like pushing you.” I’d rather fly than swing, so it wasn’t a punishment to push him. For some reason, the damned things made me motion sick. Wren still liked to tell that story, so I knew Merritt would hear about it sooner or later. “Then how about we make dinner in the camper and you play toys?”
I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to deal with crazy at the moment and I knew if we went back to the motel I’d end up in another conversation about dinosaurs and alien dating habits. Kenzie could think of a thousand questions to ask Toman, and unfortunately most of them would be at the very least interesting, so it was hard to tell him to stop.
“Yes.” Bouncing excitedly, Merritt started marching us toward the swings. “I want soup. Kenzie doesn’t like soup but I like soup.”
I wasn’t going to ask about the circumstances that had led to him having that information because it was probably as ridiculous as mine.
“I think that’s a great plan.” What else could we have? “I think I remember seeing that you have the stuff for grilled cheese. Does that sound like it would go with our soup?”
“Oh, I like grilled cheese too.” As we got to the swings, Merritt plopped himself into one and lifted his legs. “Ready, Daddy.”
King of the dragon and the swings.
“I’m ready too, little mage.” Ready for playing and cuddling and dinner and not having to deal with anything but my mate and making him happy.
I just had to remember that he was my primary focus and nothing else mattered as much as he did. That meant they didn’t get to suck up all my patience or my peace of mind. That was for Merritt and I wasn’t going to forget it again.
And if I said that enough times, I was bound to remember it.
Merritt was worth it.
Chapter 26
Merritt
“Again?” Had to snuggle Daddy closer and give him big eyes. Kenzie the dragon said it would work. “Please, Daddy?”
Hmm…he frowned…he sighed…he frowned again.
“Who did you learn that from?”
Oops.
“Kenzie.” Telling the truth would make Daddy happy and he’d want to reward me. “He did it to his Daddy and then his Daddy told Toman about good pleases and then Kenzie explained how important it was for littles.”
“One day Kenzie is going to be so helpful he gets punished.” Daddy was being funny but Daddy was smart.
“He likes that.” Kenzie was silly. “And so does his Daddy.”
Everybody knew that.
Daddy sighed. “I should’ve known that.”
Giggling, I snuggled closer to Daddy and gave him my big eyes again. “I like books, Daddy.”
“You are too good at that.” Daddy tried to frown but he was so cute I kissed his cheek. “And you’re good at that too.”
Daddy had a smart mate.
He always said so but then he forgot.
“Thank you, Daddy.” I rested my head on his chest and wiggled my legs over his. Daddy sighed and pulled my cuddle blanket over me. Snug as a bug in a rug. “Again?”