Page 42 of The Dragons' Healing Mate

“This thing probably cost you an arm and a leg!” Nina said, sliding her hand over the seat.

“Hordes are willing to pay well for my work.”

That was putting it lightly. I could easily make six figures while traveling. More, if it were an emergency.

“You are the best.” Ma beamed at me, putting the car into drive. “This is going to be so much fun!”

My phone beeped as we drove away from the den. When I pulled it out of my pocket, I noticed several new messages.

“Phone away! Your mates can wait,” Nina said.

“It’s work, something about one of the teas,” I explained. “Just someone checking how often they’re meant to drink it.”

“No!” Nina leaned forward between the seats and plucked my phone from my hand. “No work today. I’ll be keeping this.” She shoved the device into her bag, ignoring my protests.

“It’ll do you good to not look at your screen for a day,” Ma agreed. “Also, this car is a dream to drive, Rowan. I want one.”

“I’ll bully your son into buying you one. Nina, give me my phone back.”

“This phone is mine for the next few hours. Don’t worry, I’ll leave it in my bag so I won’t see when your mates send you knot pics.”

I snorted. “Yeah, that’s not happening.”

“Not even Nix?” she asked, shocked.

I shook my head.

“Actually, I’m surprised it’s not my son. I once caught him as a teenager trying to take atastefulpicture and failing epically. He was so distracted in his mission that he didn’t hear me knock on his doorthreetimes.”

The image of Orsen trying to take a good dick pic had both me and Nina cackling.

“Oh God, being a teenager was the worst,” Nina said.

“I wouldn’t know—I don’t remember it.” I shrugged, looking at her with a smile.

“That is one hell of a silver lining!”

When Nix said that Ma and Nina treated shopping like a sport, he wasn’t kidding. We had been through three shops already. In each one, they had piled more and more into my arms.

For a tiny town, there was an alarming number of clothing shops in Oak Ridge.

“I have plenty for now,” I said as we took the bags back to my car.

“Nonsense, there’s no such thing as too much clothing,” Ma said.

“We’ve more than quadrupled my wardrobe,” I pointed out, placing my bags in the trunk. Nina did the same. She had purchased a lot less than me, but she’d still done some damage.

“One more clothing shop, then a bakery,” Nina insisted.

“Anotherclothing store? Are there any left?”

Ma cackled. “We’ve hardly started, but don’t worry, we’ll take it easy on you.”

“This place has such cute dresses, though!” Nina grabbed my hand, dragging me down the street, giggling.

The little boutique was indeed lovely. The dresses were all perfect to twirl in. Bright colors and fun.

I couldn’t resist grabbing a few.