I wondered if “cuddling” meant the same
thing in his head as it did in mine.
I tested the waters.
“What happens after cuddling?”
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The kid looked at me like I was an idiot.
“What do you think? The Dragon Clan is
running out of people. Everyone works here.’
“”
“And the women who cuddle with your prince…”
The kid lifted his chin proudly.
“There are too many to count!”
I froze.
What the kid said replayed in my head.
Then it hit me: a walking marriage.
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Did the Dragon Clan have a walking marriage
system?
They hooked up, then acted like nothing happened.
If there was a kid, the whole clan raised it.
For the Dragon Clan, that was a good plan.
But only in the first generation.
Inbreeding can make it hard to get pregnant.
Even if you do, you might have a baby with issues.
The Dragon Clan would face extinction in the
second generation.
The dragon kid took me to the palace where
the dragon women lived.
He told me to help out.
I was new, so everything looked interesting, and I wanted to try everything.
The head dragon lady, Ocean, stopped me.
“You’re new, so get settled. There’s a letter for you.”
Ocean was the most beautiful dragon woman.