Page 68 of Sapphire Seas

Had any dragon ever asked that before?

“They have,” Raven said as she came back in. “There are ways to prevent it but let’s get these eggs out of you first.” Even with as miserable as I was right now, I knew the end result was more than worth it. And from the sounds of it, I may be the only one bringing new dragonets into this house in the future.

“Alright, Odem, you’re my helper since Mattias has his hands full,” Raven said. “Caspian and Kes, on the count of three I want you to push. Ready?” We both nodded. “One, two, three, push!”

“Ahhh!” Kes and I groaned, pushing with all our might.

“You’ve got this, I’m so proud of you both,” Mattias said as he rubbed our backs. The once thoughtful gesture now grated on my last nerve. SpongeBob wasn’t helping anymore either. “Odem, switch to the calming sea sounds, please.”

Yeah. I think our anger filtered through to Mattias.

Goddess, I hoped the Seadragon births were much easier.

“Okay, time to push again. One, two, three,” Raven called out, but I was already pushing. “There is a beautiful azure egg poking out, Caspian.”

Odem clapped his hands together. “Alright, baby one is headed out. I’m ready to catch so push away!”

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This egg was ripping me wide open. I swear, the pain radiated all the way to my teeth. How was that even possible?

“Trinity,” I gasped through a contraction. “Need. To. Push.”

“Do it,” Raven said. “The largest part of the egg is next. After that, it’s easy.”

“Says she who doesn’t have a second egg to birth.” I didn’t mean to snap at her but damn, this was beyond anything I’d ever imagined it to be. “S-sorry.”

“Don’t be. Ronan used some pretty colorful language during his labor. I considered therapy after that delivery,” Raven winked, clearly teasing me. “Let’s get Trinity’s egg out and in the nest beside you.”

“How are you doing, Caspian?” She asked. He’d been quiet far too long.

“Ready for a nap,” Kes finally replied. “Anything yet?”

“I’ve got a glimpse of a beautiful arctic cerulean egg. These dragonets are going to be magnificent.” Not sure her kind words hit the mark. The pain radiating through our connection from Kes was intense. “Kes, I need you to push so we can get these boys out.”

“It’s so hard,” his dragon growled while Kes pushed. “Can’t. Do. Much. More.”

“We can’t do this without you.” Mattias was doing his best to calm Kes. “You’ve got this.”

“Says he who’s never pushed an egg out of his asshole!” That must’ve been a bad one for Kes to have barked at Mattias like that.

But, then again. “AHHHH!” I screamed and pushed and finally Trinity was out.

“Her egg is amazing, Caspian.” Raven ran her hands over it to assess her. “Very healthy girl. Uncle Odem, if you’ll do the honors.”

Odem wiped Trinity’s egg down then tucked her into the nest between Papa’s legs. “My sweet, beautiful first born, Trinity. Your colors will be so brilliant. Papa loves you so much.”

Wasn’t much resting time to enjoy my beautiful girl’s egg when her sister was rushing to make her exit. I kinda felt bad working on my second egg when Kes still had his first and only to birth.

“Not. Doing. This. Again!” Kes growled as he pushed. “I’m so tired.”

“You’ve got this, sweetheart,” Mattias kissed Kes’ sweaty head. “You’re doing so well.”

“We have more shell showing,” Raven said, “but it looks like Sapphire wants to join her sister. One good push, Caspian, and the bulk of her egg will be out. Her colors match her Papa’s perfectly.” Mattias was teary eyed. His arms no longer around us and instead cradled Trinity’s egg. Wasn’t much longer before her sister’s egg was nestled in his arms beside hers.

“Rest up, Caspian,” Raven said as Odem covered me up.

I rolled over to face the eggs. They really were amazing and beyond any beauty I’d ever imagined. “Daddy loves you girls so much.” Our sleepy dragonets had a long, stressful day given the snores coming from inside their eggs.

“The Seadragons will shift around now that there’s more space,” Raven said. “So don’t be concerned with that.”