“Are you sure you’ll be okay? I won’t be gone more than a few hours.” Todd hoped he didn’t sound as twisted up as he felt inside.
The closer to this day he’d gotten, the more Todd’s nights were plagued with nightmares, nearly as bad as the nightmares Nick suffered, sometimes several times a night, still all centered on the kelbit and a possible mate. Todd’s nightmares centered on Nick being snatched away. Though by what, Todd could never tell. He only knew he was quietly going nuts trying to push away his irrational fear of Nick being taken.
The removal of the kelbit eggs from Nick’s shoulder made Todd hope the nightmares would stop, but they hadn’t. Now he was rethinking his original assessment and several times he and Nick had taken short rides, scouting the area.
If the eggs were a w
