"But father," Trap reminded the older man who was having breakfast in the
dining hall with his son and daughter-in-law. "We've only been trying to
have a baby for the last few weeks. Give it time."

"Well you know how it is Traplin," Bastine frowned slightly. "I want to see
this baby before... well no one knows how much time I have left, and I want
to see your child before I go."

Trap looked across the table at his lovely mate and rolled his eyes. "He's
trying to make us feel guilty you know that don't you?" 

"I had that feeling," Danielle grinned and reached over to touch the older
man's hand. "I promise Bastine, Trap is doing his best. Why just this
morning before we came down here to meet you he..."

"Dallie love!!" Trap cried laughing. "I'm sure father doesn't want to know
about that." 

His father looked back at the blonde mate of his sons and grinned. "Well if
he stops doing his part you just let me know young lady and I'll have a take
with him."

His green eyes were twinkling with mirth as he noticed the two red spots
forming on his sons face. 

"Gees, you would think I didn't know how babies were made by the way he's
acting," Bastine winked at Danielle who laughed. "I guess he thinks his
sister and him came from the cotton patch or somewhere like that."

"You mean we didn't?" Trap asked, and his love hit him. 

"Well I would hope not love," she cooed sweetly. "Or else you and I have
been having all that fun for nothing?"

"Oh love... it was definitely something," he reminded her and saw her blush.
Good he thought...now they matched.

"Oh you," she grinned and then turned back to speak to his father.

While they talked. Trap looked around the room wanting to know if his sister
and Ga'brin had made it down for the meal yet or not.

<They are eating in their home this morning,> Diemis told him a few seconds
later. <Sundee said they got up late and wanted to spend a few more minutes
together before they both leave for patrols.>

<<Thank you my friend,>> Trap replied  and was turning back to face his love
when the female roared her mating challenge.

Heat filled him even as he tried to call in his dragon.

<But it's a Queen and I will win her!!> Diemis fought him. 

Trap looked back at his mate and father. His eyes begging her to
understand...."Diemis....I tried Dallie...I tried..." he muttered as he left
her sitting there and joined the other male riders on their way to find the
Queens rider. 

Not only did he find her, but at the same time he felt a rush of heat so
intense wash over him that he knew his green had won. 

Even as he reached for the female dancing so seductively in front of him,
his thoughts were of his mate sitting back in the dining hall with his father.

Even as he pulled the Queenrider into his arms and his lips found hers, he
was remembering the look of hurt that had crossed over Danielle's face as he
got up to leave.

Even as he picked Kitty up and carried her off to a place where they could
be alone, he wonder how badly this was going to set back their relationship.

And then all his thoughts were focused on the woman standing before him with
to many clothes on. He removed them quickly and then his lips were on hers.
She was responding to his advances and soon he was lowering her to the soft
grass and his hands began a slow caressing journey over her supple curves.

He felt her reach out, her touch tentative as she became deeper involved in
the love making. He eased his hand down over her slightly rounded middle and
played with the softness he found there. It didn't take him long to find out
how ready she was for him to complete their joining, but still he took it slow. 

His lips found one small hard peak and began to worry it with tongue and
teeth until he heard her moaning softly. Only then did he move up and over
her, gently parting her legs and just as slowly he entered her heated softness. 

Trap felt her finger nails digging into the strong lines of his shoulders as
he slowly pushed himself in deeper, allowing her the time to get use to this
new invasion. Then when he was all the way inside of her, he pulled out and
trust back inside. 

By then she was almost begging him to put an end to the fires he'd flamed up
inside of her, and when he wanted to continue slowly, she wouldn't allow it.
So he finally gave in to her demands and set himself up to show her just how
good it could be.

"Oh By the gods," he heard her swear, and turned to look at her when their
breathing had returned to normal.

"You!" she cried softly, and he could see the tears forming in her eyes.
"Why did it have to be you?"

"Well believe me M'lady, I too might have hoped Diemis hadn't been so on
winning your Queen." he frowned as he rolled away from her and reached out
to find her discarded clothing. Then turned back to her and handed it over,
turning away as she got dressed. 

"It's not going to leave two other people any happier with me," he told her.
"I didn't want this any more than you did, but our dragons let us with no
choice in the matter."

"But Kay will be so upset," she cried. "Don't you understand?"

"Oh I understand all right," his frowned deeped, but his voice when he spoke
was gently so as not to scare her. "I also understand that my mate will also
be as upset over this as that boy you're with."

"Oh she won't be upset. She's used to this kind of thing," Kitty snapped,
bitterly. "Why she's always behaved as if her dragon was having mating
flight every day instead of twice a year. It's Kay I'm worried about. He'll
be so upset that Sabbith didn't win... and *you* did. I may lose him over this."

"Just as I may lose the woman I love," he reminded her of his own feeling
towards his mate. "And before you start to say anything else bad against
her, remember you are talking about the woman I love."

He finished getting dressed and then stormed away. Damn her!! he thought as
his long legs carried him back towards the dining hall. Damn her for
thinking Kay was the only one who would be hurt by this happening. 

Dallie.... Oh Gods what would she be thinking right now....

<<Diemis.. where's Violet's rider?>>

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Morgie: I would think that Kitty would only be thinking fo r Kay at the
moment and about how hurt he is by Trap's winning.... I didn't think she'd
even give thought to Danielle feeling hurt too....

****Submitted by: *******

Barbara (a.k.a.
Traplin & Diemis
Bastine
Telnor Warren