Chapter 66: Cedric

"What's that?” I ask, staring at my mate. Did she just say she’s 70 years old? How is that possible?

“I said, I’m nearly 70 years old, Cedric. Dragons live longer than humans and other shifters.”

“But you look like you’re in your 20’s. Like me.”

“Dragons stop aging once we get to our mid-20’s. So, until I met you, I could have looked like this for centuries. Avani is over 250 years old.”

I feel like my head’s about to explode. When Tana said dragons live longer than other shifters, I thought she meant maybe fifty years, not hundreds of years.

“Wait, you said until you met me, what does that mean?”

“Your lifespan will extend past that of a normal shifter, but my life will only continue as long as yours does. A dragon cannot live without their rider. I don’t actually know, since I’m too young, but I don’t remember hearing stories of dragons living hundreds of years with their riders. So, I assume that my lifespan will be shorter than most dragons.”

“How long can you have children?