She looked delighted. “You’re not a carnivore. You’re omnivorous.”
After breakfast they went to the beach. The sun felt deliciously warm. Liam stayed in his dragon form, ignored his other toys, wrapped his forelegs around bunny and fell asleep. He napped and woke, and napped some more, while Mommy read and occasionally frowned at him. Once she asked, “Are you okay, Peanut?”
He nodded and yawned. He was just tired.
Later in the day, Liam rolled to his feet as a motorboat chugged up to the nearby pier. Daddy stood at the wheel, looking satisfied. Mommy scooped Liam up and walked down the pier. Daddy lifted them both into boat, and Liam stared with interest at the soggy suitcase and two metallic containers.
Daddy kissed Mommy. When it was Liam’s turn, he lifted his head for his kiss.
“Did you get it all?” Mommy asked.
Daddy nodded. He threw open the suitcase and the containers.
A bolt of pure love hit Liam.
“Wow!” Mommy said. “We’ve sure got a lot of treasure.”
“Wait a minute.” Daddy sounded amused. “What do you mean ‘we’? I thought this was my treasure.”
“Technically, I don’t think that’s possible anymore.” Mommy sounded smug. “We’re mated, married, and as I just realized the other day, we have no prenup.”
“You just realized that the other day, did you?” Daddy laughed.
Liam couldn’t stand it any longer. He wriggled to get out of Mommy’s arms. As she bent to let him go, he scrambled over to the suitcase as fast as he could and dove into the gold coins. Picking up one coin after the other, he stared at them in complete fascination. Feeling giddy, he rolled around him.
These were the best toys ever.
Now both Mommy and Daddy were laughing as they watched him.
Daddy said, “I’m not sure either you or I own that treasure anymore.”
Liam clutched as many coins as he could in both paws and hugged them to his chest as he gave his parents his best, sunniest smile.
About the Author
Thea Harrison resides in Colorado. She wrote her first book, a romance, when she was nineteen and had sixteen romances published under the name Amanda Carpenter.
She took a break from writing to collect a couple of graduate degrees and a grown child. Her graduate degrees are in Philanthropic Studies and Library Information Science, but her first love has always been writing fiction. She’s back with her paranormal Elder Races series. You can check out her website at: www.theaharrison.com, and also follow her on Twitter @TheaHarrison and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheaHarrison. You can sign up for Thea’s newsletter at http://theaharrison.com/contact-requests/.