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I sat on the couch next to Lyla and faced her.

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

I swear, if it's another dragon secret, I'm going to punch someone.

"Don't scream." She said with a wry smile.

I looked at her suspiciously for a second.

"I won't." I assured her.

"Blaze-and-I-are-married." She mumbled quickly.

My mouth opened.

"What?!" I yelled.

"And-I'm-pregnant." She quickly added.

My eyes widened.

"WHAT?!" I screamed.

"You said you wouldn't scream." She said with a wry smile.

"You two got married and you didn't even tell me?! Why?! I thought I was your best friend Lyla!" I yelled in astonishment.

"Because we didn't get married the usual way." She said.

I stopped gaping at her and looked at her in confusion.

"What?" I asked.

"We didn't get married the usual way. We got married like how dragons get married." She explained.

"And they get married how?" I urged, still feeling stunned.

"The female wears a traditional dragon wedding dress and gives herself to her partner on her own free will." She replied.

"Gives herself as in..." I urged.

"They mate Kate. Have sex, you know." She said flatly.

"Oh..."

Well obviously Kate.

"Anyways, I don't really know how that means they're married, but Kayda said it's like that. Some sort of magic or something. So after two years of me and Blaze being together, I finally decided that I'm ready. Kayda helped me prepare and here we are now. I'm sure you understand why I couldn't tell you." She said with a small smile.

I looked at her for a few seconds and breathed out. Then I accidentally looked at her couple ring and something clicked in my head.

"That's not a couple ring is it?" I stated and she nodded her head.

"It's my wedding ring." She confirmed my thoughts and wiggled her fingers.

I knew it.

"So, to sum it all up. You two have been married for a year now." I started.

"Yup."

"And now you're having a baby." I added.

"Pretty much." She replied with a nod.

I slumped myself onto the couch and breathed out loudly.

"Maaan..."

"I'm sorry Kate." Lyla said softly.

"It's okay. I understand." I said and looked at her.

Then I looked at her belly.

"What is it?" She asked and also looked at her belly.

"I'm still a little dumbstruck." I mumbled. "I can't believe there's a baby in there." I pointed at her belly.

She chuckled and pulled me in a hug.

"Well it's probably the size of a bean, so it's not a real baby yet." She said with a smile.

I chuckled and laid on her lap. I closed my eyes and breathed out.

The last two days were so hectic, I barely had time to process anything. Dragons, mates, kings... All of this sounds so unreal. And the fact that Matthew's nonsense was actually true is just weird.

I miss him.

But as the time slowing passed, I was slowly coming to terms with it. Lyla was brushing my hair with her finger and I felt like I could fall asleep instantly.

"When did you find out you were pregnant?" I asked her.

"Blaze, and pretty much everyone in the lair, said my scent changed. And last week, Blaze forced me to go to their doctor to get a checkup. He thought I developed a disease or something." She laughed. "The doctor checked everything and told us I'm two weeks pregnant." She said.

"I bet Blaze fainted the moment he heard that." I said with a chuckle.

"He did!" Lyla said loudly. "He was so shocked, it took him three days to accept the fact that we're having a baby." She chuckled and I laughed even more.

"That's Blaze for you." I said through laughter.

She nodded and rubbed her tummy.

"But it's not fair. I always wanted to help you with your wedding." I said sadly and pouted.

"I know. I wish you were there when I was preparing myself." She said in a sad voice. "Want to see my wedding dress?" She asked giddily.

I looked at her excitedly and quickly nodded my head. She chuckled and grabbed her phone. Then she found the pictures and showed me. To say my jaw was on the floor would be an understatement.

"Wooow..." I said absentmindedly.

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"You were so pretty!" I squealed in excitement. "But why is it grey?" I asked in confusion.

"It's believed the first female dragon was grey, so this is a kind of tradition in her honor." She explained and I nodded my head.

Then I saw a picture of Lyla laughing like a madman.

"I was drinking while I was getting ready so I was a bit tipsy when I finished." She said with a chuckle.

"You got married while you were drunk?" I laughed out.

"Hell yeah. I went to Blaze's room when he was not there and stood on top of his bed. And when he came in and saw me, I yelled 'Come here so I can hump you hubby' and lunged at him." She said proudly.

I laughed even more and clutched my tummy.

"Poor Blaze." I said between our laughs.

"Oh shut up. I bet he enjoyed it as much as I did." She said playfully.

"Okay, stop. That's more than I would like to know." I said in disgust.

"What? You'll also go through this and I expect all the details." She said mischievously.

"Hell no! I'm not going to tell you anything about that!" I yelled and shoved her playfully.

She laughed even more and shoved me back. Then we had a short shoving battle and ended up on the floor.

"Ouch. That's gonna leave a bruise." Lyla groaned out.

We got up and sat back on the couch.

"Since tomorrow is our day off, let's go out." She said out of nowhere.

"Like now?" I asked in confusion.

"Yeah. Come on. Let's go change." She said excitedly and pulled me with her to her room.

"But Lyla~" I whined like a kid.

"Don't Lyla me. We're going out. And don't tell Tharion and Draco. I want to party once without the three brothers watching over us like bodyguards." She warned.

I wouldn't tell them even if you asked me to.

She gave me a dress and I immediately cringed.

"Don't even start. You're wearing it." She said with a pointed look.

I grumbled lowly and started to change.

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Glad to see you back! Did you like the new chapy?

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