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thought.
                  “Dude, what the fuck happened?” Mark asked as he took a seat at the kitchen bar.
                  Paul shook his head. “I’m not sure. That’s why I wanted you to come over. We need to figure this shit out before Katie wakes up. She is still new to her power, so we need to keep her as calm as we can until she gets used to it.”
                  “Most definitely. That Alpha crap was creepy. I couldn’t move, no matter how hard I tried.” Mark rubbed his eyes. “Please tell me you are making coffee, too.”
                  “Over in the pot. You know where everything is, I’m not serving it to you,” Paul said with a half grin. He loved his brother. Loved the fact that they used humor in the face of stress, a trait many people considered to be crazy. They had spent almost every moment of their lives together. That was until Paul had taken off with the damn book. It had been the longest they had ever been separated.
                  “You have that look on your face,” Mark said as he walked over to pour himself a cup of coffee. “What’s on your mind? And I mean besides the obvious.”
                  Paul looked down at the floor. “I have to apologize to you, Mark.” Mark started to interrupt him but Paul raised a hand to cut him off. “I took off and left you to deal with everything. I shouldn’t have. I was an ass and fully deserve you getting pissed off at me.”
                  Mark laughed, which caught Paul off guard. This wasn’t funny, he was being dead serious and his brother was standing there cackling like a hyena. “Dude, I might not agree with your methods but damn, I have to appreciate the outcome.”
                  “What do you mean?” Paul asked, completely dumbfounded.
                  “If you hadn’t stolen the damn book of prophecies then none of us single dragons would have any hope for the future. We were dying without females, but now we all have hope. For me, I might get to find my mate, and hopefully our sister. How could I be pissed about that?” Mark made his way back over to the counter with his hot cup of coffee.
                  Paul froze. “How could I forget about Lilith? Damn it.” He slammed his fist down on the marble counter top, then groaned when he heard the crack. “Great, another thing I will have to explain to my mate.”
                  “No explanation needed.” Paul spun to see Katie standing there in the doorway to their bedroom. She started walking slowly over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. “It’s okay. Believe me, I would love nothing more than to destroy things right now, but in the end it won’t do any good.”
                  Paul leaned down and gave her a soft kiss. He truly did love this woman and it wasn’t just the mating talking. Any other woman would have broken at the thought of this new life, yet here she stood. Strong. Determined. Ready to do whatever was necessary. The perfect woman for him. “You should be sleeping.”
                  “I was, until I smelled the pancakes. Evidently my belly is demanding food,” she said with a smile that melted Paul’s heart all over again.
                  “Well in that case, go sit down. I will bring you nice big plate full,” he said with a wink. Katie did as she was told and took a seat next to Mark. They started talking to each other but Paul zoned them out. He was determined to make Katie the best damn pancakes she had ever had. She deserved that and more. When he had six fluffy pancakes stacked on a plate, he sat it down in front of Katie, then proceeded to give Mark all the defective flat ones. Katie wore a huge grin while Mark frowned up at him.
                  “Dude, what gives?” he asked as he stared at Katie’s plate.
                  “She