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  “Oh, my,” Morian said as her hand went to her stomach and she looked over her shoulder at Paul. “I think there is about to be another present,” she panted, struggling to rise.

  Paul tenderly lifted Morian in his arms as her sons began panicking. His eyes flashed to the top of the Christmas tree when a sparkle caught his eye. At the top of the tree stood the golden figure of a slender woman instead of the star that had graced it earlier. She was staring down at Morian with a smile. He blinked when he heard Morian moan and once again the star was there. Shaking his head, he carefully skirted the couch and headed for their bedroom even as the frantic voices of Zoran and the other men rose in the background as they called for a healer.

  He tenderly lowered Morian to the bed and sat down beside her, holding her hand as a wave of pain swept through her. He didn’t complain at the crushing pain of her squeeze. Instead, he lifted their joined hands to his lips and pressed a kiss to it.

  “Do you really think Aikaterina sent Christoff to Abby’s mountain?” He asked, trying to keep Morian’s focus on him and not the pain.

  Morian gave him a tight smile and nodded. “Yes,” she whispered. “I think it might be best to send a ship back for him. Aikaterina wouldn’t have sent him there without a purpose.”

  “Morian, the healer is here,” Abby said, stepping into the room with clean linens. “Paul…”

  “I’m staying,” Paul said, shifting to the side, but never releasing Morian’s hand. “This is one Christmas present I wouldn’t miss for the world.”

  “Me, neither,” Morian replied with a grimace.

  *.*.*

  “Where’s everybody’s gone?” Amber asked, looking around the suddenly empty room.

  “Yeah’s,” Jade added with a puzzled frown. “Mommy and Daddy says they’s was never taking their eyes off of us agains.”

  “I’s thinks that’s Grandma is makings her baby,” Jabir said. “I’s heards mommy says it was almost finished cooking.”

  “So’s who’s Aika… Aika… You’s knows, the lady you’s was talking about,” Roam asked with a frown. “I’s never heards of her before.”

  “She’s a goddess,” Spring replied. “She’s gots lots of symbiots at her house. They’s told Phoenix they’s come from there.”

  “Symbiots?” Bálint asked. “Likes ours?”

  “Yes,” Phoenix replied. “There are rivers of them in the Hive.”

  “Rivers?” Roam repeated, his eyes wide with delight. “Can’s Alice and I’s have one then? We’s don’t have a symbiot. It would’s be nice to have’s one of our own.”

  Phoenix frowned. “I don’t knows,” she admitted. “We’d have to asks Aikaterina if you could’s have one.”

  “How’s we do that?” Roam asked, scooting closer to Phoenix.

  “We’s could goes to her house and asks her,” Zohar suggested.

  “But’s, my mommy and daddy says I’s can’t go on no more adventures,” Roam groaned in frustration. “At leasts not tills I’s older.”

  “Then, we go when we’s older,” Zohar stated with an air of confidence. “Then’s it will be alright.”

  “Okay,” Phoenix replied with a grin. “When’s we’s are older, we’s gets to go on another adventure.”

  The decision made, Amber and Jade soon confiscated the marshmallow guns and bags of ammunition. While the grownups stood around outside waiting for the new baby dragonling to finish cooking, the dragonlings, plus Roam and Alice, decided they would enjoy eating all the sugary treats, play with their new toys, and plan their next adventure… when they were older, that is.

  Author’s Note:

  I hope you enjoyed this adventure. I had always planned to write a full length Dragonlings’ adventure. This story is leading up to it. There will also be additional novellas featuring the delightful group and their growing families. These stories are written for the fun and love of families and friends. My world to yours, I hope you find love and laughter in it.

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  S. E. Smith is a New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 International Amazon Bestselling author who has always been a romantic and a dreamer. A prolific writer, she has spent years writing, although it has usually been technical papers for college. Now, she spends her days and weekends writing and her nights dreaming up new stories. She enjoys camping and traveling when she is not out on a date with her favorite romantic guy.