My little Dragon Queen
She dissolves into shrieks of laughter in the next moment, however, rendered helpless by Brendan’s fingers, digging into her sides and tickling her.
Brendan, expression unruffled and calm, gazes pointedly at Alcina, who heaves for breaths.
“It is several years too early, yet, for you to be speaking of besting me in a bout, I believe,” he says.
Alcina, cheeks flushed and eyes bright, reaches over and deftly picks up Orion before dropping the little dragon onto Brendan’s chest. There, Orion digs her claws in, making Brendan grunt and forcing him to get up to extricate the creature from his person.
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