Page 53 of Dragon Me Through Space

“I’m not going to leave the ship,” I promised Zeke.

Zeke scowled, the most worried out of them all about me staying on the ship alone.

After our dates, the bond that Gage had mentioned seemed to form stronger. I didn’t fully understand it, but it felt nice. I’d spent a lot of time with each of them, mainly just being in each other’s presence while doing other things. Wayne and I had spent several days napping together in the jungle room. It was the most relaxed and safe I had felt since leaving my planet.

“Here,” Gage said and held out a small communication device that went inside an ear. “In case you need to contact us.”

I took the comms device and put it in my pocket. “Thanks.”

Zeke’s brows furrowed. “Aren’t you going to put it in?”

“I don’t want to listen in on you guys while you’re out. If I need you, I’ll put the device in.”

Gage nodded once. “Okay.”

“Do you want or need anything while we’re there?” Wayne asked.

“I don’t need anything,” I said.

“You want anything?” he asked again, pressing me.

I shook my head. “No.”

“I’ll bring you something,” he said and turned to leave my room.

Despite my attempt not to, I smiled.

“In any of the rooms, if you place your hand on the door panel and hold it there for five seconds, it will lock and won’t be able to be opened by anyone, except one of the four of us, by a biometric scan,” Preston told me.

Well, that seemed like overkill, but I supposed it did make sense to have a room they could hole up in for emergencies.

“Okay. Guys, you really should stop worrying so much. I can protect myself. As long as you don’t tell anyone you’re traveling with a princess or mention my real name, you should be fine,” I said.

“Come on,” Wayne urged them. “The sooner we leave, the sooner we can come back.”

“Have fun!” I called just before my door closed with them outside of it.

Exhaling, I flopped down onto my bed and closed my eyes. In the past few days, the guys had grown increasingly nervous about our trip. No matter how much I tried to reassure them, they just got angry.

They made me train even harder with them every day, too.

I wasn’t complaining. Getting to see them work out, get sweaty, and growl was my new favorite part of the day.

“Scout, can you hack into their comms and let me know if they get into trouble?” I asked.

It beeped twice sadly.

“Well, I guess I’ll just have to keep my inquisitive nature in check,” I muttered.

Instead of staying on my bed and wallowing in my room, I jumped to my feet and headed to the jungle room to try to relax in the hammock Wayne had made for me.

I’d taken dozens of naps in that room. It was now my favorite place on the ship.

However, as I swayed in my hammock that day, I just felt more on edge. Probably because it was the first time I’d been in the room alone since Wayne had installed my hammock.

“This is ridiculous!” I shouted and hopped down from the hammock. “You’ve been alone for years and after a few weeks you suddenly can’t exist without one of those Dragonkin nearby? Get ahold of yourself, you … you … hussy!”

Scout screeched in shock.