Page 46 of Dimitri
“Does he know where our cabin is?” I asked, suddenly wondering if he would even know where to look.
“You’re not in mated enforcer housing?” Sebastian asked. He looked up at someone, and when I followed his gaze, I found Benjamin walking around the table and setting his tray in the spot beside Reinhold. I glanced at Reinhold, who smirked.
“You’re the one who mated into a family of warlocks. They just help themselves to wherever it seems.”
“Welcome to the family,” Benjamin said. “We have to have a get-together. My dads are itching to welcome you to the family, and you, of course, need to invite your grandparents.”
“I will talk to Yéye.”
“Not Alpha Sergei?”
I shrugged. “Dedushka will come if Yéye tells him there is a dinner. Does your family not work like that?” I couldn’t imagine Rainier not doing what his One, Étienne, had planned for them.
Sebastian touched my arm. I looked back over at my brother-in-law. “Ja?”
“You didn’t answer my question. Do you not live in mated enforcer housing? I thought the two of you moved to the other side of the neighborhood or something.”
I shook my head. “Your brother fell in love with my cabin. We live next to him,” I said as I pointed to Reinhold.
When Sebastian looked at Reinhold, the other dragon was chuckling. “You can’t blame him. The cabins for the thunder are a bit more isolated, and some of them have amazing views.”
“You don’t live near us?”
“He’s a fifteen-, twenty-minute walk, Seb,” Benjamin said. “And it’s not like you can’t pop yourself and Drew over there in a blink.”
Sebastian scowled. “But I thought Caspian would live near us. Why did he have to live elsewhere?”
“It’s not far, Sebastian,” Reinhold said. “Nowhere on the mountain is, really. And you’re a warlock, like Benjamin said. Just use magic to go over to visit.”
“Your brother looked at a house with me. It was next to yours,” I told Sebastian. “He liked the cabin my family had for me more.” I was a bit surprised about it as well, but if Caspian wanted to live in the cabin, obviously, that was where we would live.
I went back to eating my breakfast, and when Benjamin noticed, he gave me a sympathetic look. “I was there before. Probably will be again if and when Eli becomes pregnant again.”
I nodded while eating my eggs and sausage. “I did not wish to wake Caspian with the scent of cooking food when I could just as easily eat here. The scent of all meat cooking has made him ill so far. I am happy to forego eating it at the house for his comfort.”
Sebastian touched my arm again, and I looked at him, then at where his hand was touching me, and then back up at my mate’s brother. They were certainly a touchy family. I, of course, didn’t mind Caspian touching me at any point in time, but it was going to take some time to get used to the rest of his family doing so as well.
“What do you mean?” Sebastian asked finally. He dropped his hand, and I took another bite of my food before answering.
“Your brother cannot handle the scent of cooking meat at the moment. All of it makes him ill to his stomach, and he must rush off to the bathroom. We have tried all meats, and they all have the same reaction from him.”
Sebastian’s mouth opened a bit. Benjamin shrugged. “Eli couldn’t handle the scent of a lot of things when he was pregnant with the twins. I imagine it will be the same the next time he getspregnant.” Benjamin pointed his fork at Sebastian. “Drew was sick. You know what it’s like.”
“Yeah, but I didn’t think Caspian would be.”
“Why?” Reinhold asked. “He’s the carrier and can just as easily have pregnancy sickness as the next one.” Reinhold looked my way and shook his head.
“What does that have to do with anything?” Sebastian asked.
“Eli was sick too,” Benjamin added. “And we all know Drew was.”
“Yeah, and?”
“Just because he’s your brother doesn’t mean you should have expected him to not be sick,” Benjamin said. “But Caspian is doing what he must in order to have a child with his One.”
Sebastian looked as if he was going to argue but then stopped.
“I would gladly carry the baby for my mate if I could. I am trying to keep him as comfortable as I can, but there is only so much I can do. My dragon watches over him, and we enjoy having time with him even if he is sleeping. But I cannot take away the fact that he has pregnancy sickness. I am eating here, though, because I do not wish to cause him any more discomfort than possible,” I told Sebastian.