Air Dragon's Baby (Dragon Shifter Scifi Alien Romance) (Elemental Dragons Book 2) by Juno Wells, Scarlett Grove Read Free Book Online Page A

Hectosh was red-faced and crying, but as soon as the medic placed him back in her arms, he quieted.
    “He missed you,” medic Hanno said.
    “I missed him too.”
    “What were you doing?” he said.
    “I was wandering around. I spent some time on the observation deck. I needed to think. Missing my mate is very difficult for me,” she said. The first part was a lie, but the rest was true. She didn’t want him to be suspicious that she was up to her old tricks. She intended to get more time in the pilot’s seat before arriving on Galaton.
    “I do understand,” he said with a nod, and then he turned toward the door. It slid open for him and closed again as he exited.
    Sophia held little Hectosh in her arms and rocked him back and forth as she gazed down at his beautiful face. He reminded her so much of her mate that it made her heart ache with longing for him.
    She didn't know how she could miss a man she'd never met. It hurt so terribly that her heart ached every single second now. She walked over to the little kitchen in her suite and programmed to the food replicator to produce a bottle of Draconian formula for Hectosh, and then plucked it out of the dispenser. She carried Hectosh and the bottle to the couch and sat down. The couch faced the broad bank of windows, looking out into space.
    She offered the bottle to Hectosh and he happily accepted, sucking away at the milk that was specially formulated for a Draconian baby. Without her mate’s touch and the chemical catalyst of his mating bite, her body would not produce milk for the baby. Just as it had not been prepared to deliver such a large child naturally. Sophia accepted this situation, as was required of a bride of Galaton. But it was still difficult for her not to be able to perform such motherly functions.
    She hoped that this would all change once she arrived on the planet that would be her new home. When Elait completed the mating ritual and claimed her as his own, her body would transform genetically and she would be able to carry, birth, and feed their next child.
    Looking out at the view of a gaseous giant planet outside her window, she sighed heavily and thought of Elait. She imagined his lips on her skin so vividly so many times it was as if they had truly been together. Yet, they were still star systems apart, the distance between them unbearable.
    Over the next several weeks, Sophia left little Hectosh with the medic so that she could sneak away to pilot the ship. No one knew but her and the pilot.
    Each day, he allowed her to spend more and more time flying. Sophia thought that he liked the excuse to take a break from his work. Since he was the only ship pilot on board, he was basically on duty twenty-four-seven. He barely ever got to take a break.
    While she guided the ship around asteroids and other space debris, he spent time on his holocom, researching his favorite topics or looking at nude pictures of human females.
    Sophia was slightly offended by this pastime but didn't hold it against him. After a while, he usually got up and left the cockpit, allowing her to pilot the ship on her own.
    It was on one of those days when Sophia was confronted with the shock of her lifetime. Worse than the second time she was denied entrance to the Space Academy. It was more shocking than realizing she was mated with a Galatonian prince. And it was even more mind-boggling than the moment she had been presented with her baby son Hectosh.
    Out in front of the bride ship, a massive mothership materialized out of thin air at the edge of the solar system. It loomed behind an asteroid belt.
    As soon as she saw it, she slowed the ship’s acceleration to zero and sat there staring open-mouthed at the vessel in the distance.
    She didn’t know what to do, but she didn't have the chance to think about it for long. Dozens of little vessels emerged from the mothership, heading straight toward the bride ship Breaking Dawn . She had no time to think and no time to call the