Page 124 of Dragon Me Through Space

My mates.

CHAPTER THIRTY

After a few days of being excessively pampered and babied, they finally relented and allowed me to leave the room.

I was fairly certain they only allowed me to leave because Vicky had officially been banished and Zeke had watched to ensure she left, then triple checked the security measures to keep her off-planet for the rest of her life. I knew I could take her in a fight, but it was nice to know that he took it so seriously and he ensured she couldn’t return to cause any future trouble.

My first outing was to the royal city to greet the citizens and allow them to see me in person, to show I was alive and well. Then, I began my introduction to life on their planet with a visit to each of the four territories and to see a real, full-sized jungle!

The jungle was definitely my favorite part, and I took a few of the leaves back with me to start creating bracelets for each of them. It still irritated me that the ones I’d been working on were floating in the vacuum of space right now.

The time flew by so fast that I didn’t believe the date on the calendar when I read it and realized I’d been living on their planet for two months already!

“What do you think about this style?” Lyra asked and held up a sketch of a wedding dress.

All three of Wayne’s sisters, Lyra, Elira, and Vexa, had graciously agreed to help me prepare for our ceremony, which was going to be combination mate ceremony and wedding. There were so many decisions to make, and since I wasn’t as familiar with Dragonkin traditions yet, they were giving me their opinions to help me ensure my choices wouldn’t offend or be looked down on.

“That’s beautiful,” I said and nodded. It had a form-fitting shape with a lowcut back and beautiful strapless front.

“I’ll have the seamstress create a prototype for you to try on so you can confirm the style and fit are really what you want. Sometimes, you see a dress on a mannequin, but when it’s on you, you realize it doesn’t fit like you imagined. We don’t want you to experience that for your wedding,” Lyra said and set the sketch on the growing pile of decisions we’d made.

“We’re pretty much done, right?” I asked. We’d been going over decisions for two days already and my brain felt like mush at this point.

A burst of warmth and closeness flowed down Wayne’s bond just before he opened the door and carried in a tray of snacks. “I had a feeling my favorite women would be in need of refreshments after working for so long.” He set the tray down and gave each of his sister’s a hug before sitting on the loveseat beside me and pressing a kiss to my temple.

I leaned into his warmth and felt my body relax a bit from his touch. The bond had strengthened significantly over the last couple of months and was almost solidified.

“I have a surprise,” Wayne whispered in my ear. “Can you take a quick break from wedding planning?”

“I think we’re actually done!” Elira announced and Lyra nodded.

“Done?” Wayne asked.

We all nodded.

I smiled at the three women and said, “I couldn’t have finished this so quickly and so beautifully without you three. Thank you for your help.”

Vexa stood from her seat to hug me and said, “Anything for our new sister!” She grabbed the tray of snacks and said, “We’ll see ourselves out!”

Wayne opened his mouth, but quickly shut it as I chuckled at their antics.

Once they had gathered all the items they needed and left the room, I turned to Wayne and asked, “What’s my surprise?”

“Scout received some upgrades,” Wayne announced proudly and whistled.

The door opened and a robotic feline prowled in through it. It was two feet tall and had a long tail that swished back and forth as it walked up to me. The robot sat on its haunches and chirped.

“Scout?” I gasped.

“Hello, Princess,” a melodic voice greeted.

“I know you and Scout have been through a lot and I thought this shape would give her more mobility and allow you to interact with her more physically. She can still separate from this shape into the disc shape and dock behind your ear like you’ve had her do, and she can summon the body wherever she is if she needs it. Scout, show her your new arsenal.”

Scout raised one of her paws and long, curved metal claws popped out. She opened her mouth and the small fangs elongated and thickened into true fangs. The next second a red laser lit up within her eyes, but she turned them off before they did more than carve two dots into the floor next to my foot.

“Whoa,” I whispered as I rushed over and inspected her. “This is awesome! She’s awesome. Scout, you’re awesome!”

“Thank you, Princess,” Scout replied.