Treasure Of Dragons, Royal Dragons Book 1 Chapter 45

Ria

I am lying in a hospital bed in Dr. Surenka’s clinic. I am holding our new son Brand, in my arms as he demands his very first dinner in his very long life. The guys are all around me and I am trying to be gracious and not jump every time one of them comes close and touches me. To them touching me is a common thing. To me, it’s still not.

It’s not because it’s never me. It’s never my choice. I have given up hope of ever being able to force my dragon to stop. Apparently, there are lots of ways my dragon is unique. Drago calls me a female Alpha, which is like a legendary thing that hasn’t been seen in forever, yada, yada, yada, I’ve heard this speech before. 

It’s why we were able to break his command and damage the mate bond, not that she kept it that way the bitch. I still hate her, and she still doesn’t care. She flies as a dragon, then she fucks their dragons, we are here in the house, she takes over and uses my body to fuck the guys, and I get stuck just watching, and cleaning up the mess afterwards, in the form of my decaying self-esteem and self-worth. It was never my life goal to be nothing but a whore, but apparently, my dragon doesn’t care. 

So, the guys are extremely touchy with me, because to them they know what’s happening, but they are choosing to ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. That way they can get their dick wet, and again, I'm the one left with the aftermath of this bullshit. So as they bend over me they touch my shoulder or my hair, and I am getting the creeps because I don’t like their hands on me. I can’t just shout here in the clinic though, get the fuck away from me and stop touching me. 

I mean I could and I might if they don’t cut it out, but my baby is in my arms and it would extremely upset him, so I am gritting my teeth. Drago bends over and kisses his little head, even though he is attached to my breast right now. I have to look up and just close my eyes. 

“He’s beautiful Ria, another prize winner here. I know he is going to keep the girls on their toes as he gets bigger.” He smiles like the postcard of a new father. 

“I think the girls will unfortunately gang up on him. He will be the toy baby they want to play with, and I foresee a lot of makeup and nail polish in his future thanks to 3 older sisters.” Cinder laughs thinking about it, and truthfully he’s probably right. 

The girls are at home with Isobel. I don’t know what I would do without that woman. Her coming has helped me so much. Not just because she’s amazing with the girls and will be no doubt with Brand, but because she’s genuinely my friend. She actually cares about me, as a person, and what’s happening to me. 

There’s nothing she can do about it, and we both know it, but it’s still nice for someone to say that’s bullshit and it shouldn’t be happening and I’m sorry. 

I feel Drago running his fingers through my hair, “God you’re so beautiful Ria, and like this with our son at your breast, you’re amazing.”

My whole body locks down, and I have a bit of trouble pulling in the next breath. I close my eyes and just concentrate on breathing. My son is in my arms and unless I want them to take him away and sedate my ass, I need to get control.

Eventually, I can breathe without it feeling like it’s through a straw. I open my eyes and all the guys are looking at me with sad expressions on their faces. Someday they will get it through their heads that we will not magically wake up one day and everything will be wonderful. Not unless they start feeding me drugs every day, but I think that using me as an incubator would be problematic if they did so.

“Can we go back to the house now or do we have to stay? Is everything okay with Isobel and the girls?” The guys look at each other and Drago walks out of the room, probably to ask Dr. Surenka if I can leave. 

We leave and go back to the house, and I go right up to the nursery. I bring the baby for the girls to see, and they try to pat him and pet him. I laugh and tell them they must be careful right now because babies can be hurt by accident, but he’ll be big and strong before we know it and they will be able to play with him then. 

Then as they go back to their play I sit and watch as I nurse Brand. I am staying in the nursery still, so my twin bed is right where it’s been. I fixed up a room for Isobel on the 2nd floor, and she has a nursery monitor receiver she keeps turned on at night, so if I need help at any time, she runs up here to help.. 

The guys all wander in here and see what we’re up to. They have voiced their hatred of me sleeping in here and keep trying to get me back into the master suite, no doubt to make things easier for them and my dragon. 

I remain steadfast in my will to keep out of that bedroom, and never go into town again. Ever since I almost lost Brand I haven't set foot in town. Isobel goes for the children. She knows I don’t want them touched, but she can’t do anything but stand by and watch like a hawk for anyone trying to hurt them. 

Then she comes back and tells me every single thing that happened. She says people constantly ask about me, but she doesn’t tell them anything. The guys usually just blame pregnancy fatigue for my absence. They’ll only be able to do that for so long. I wonder what they’ll tell everyone then. 

I wasn’t prepared for what happened next in any way.