Bram met his gaze and growled. “If I’m going to sit through an exam, it’s going to be without your commentary.”
Gregor took a few steps toward Bram’s desk. “I’m afraid that’s part of my treatment. You’ll get used to it.”
Evie cut off Bram’s reply. “Kai, you should leave. And on the way out, ask Ginny to watch the door.”
Bram raised his brows. “You brought Ginny?” Gregor nodded and the corner of Bram’s mouth ticked up. “Clever dragonman.”
Laying down his medical bag, Gregor opened it and replied, “Aye, well, if I had a second doctor, I would’ve brought them. It’s strange that you don’t already have a junior doctor in training.”
“Now you’re going to tell me how to run my clan?”
“When it comes to medical practices, aye, I just might.”
“I can take a lot of crap, but Sid is a fine doctor. Don’t criticize her. She made the call about needing one or not.”
Gregor held up his stethoscope. “Cassidy is a fantastic doctor. I have my suspicions about why she didn’t take on a junior doctor until recently, but that’s none of your concern.”
Evie grinned. “So Sid’s opened up to you already? That’s brilliant.”
“Evie,” Bram warned.
She waved a hand in dismissal. “We’ll discuss this later, although you won’t be able to dissuade me. I’ve waited a long time to help Sid and I’m going to give 120 percent. I owe her my life.”
Gregor looked at the pair. “Cryptic couple conversations. You could just wait five minutes and hash it out then to not make your guest uncomfortable.”
Bram was about to reply when Gregor lifted up the other dragonman’s shirt. Without another word, he quickly placed the stethoscope over Bram’s heart. “Shush. You can scold me later.”
Ignoring the loud grunt, Gregor focused on Bram’s heartbeat. The rhythm was steady.
Standing, Gregor pointed to Bram’s shirt. “Take it off and let me take your blood pressure. Since you don’t have an arrhythmia, I bet it’s stress.” He raised his brows. “Given all the shouting you’ve done at me in such a short time, I’m surprised you haven’t had a heart attack years before now.”
Evie moved to Bram’s side and yanked off his shirt. “Bram needs a holiday, but refuses to take even a day off.”
Bram’s voice softened when he answered his mate, “I will as soon as I can secure the clan, love.”
“You’ll be taking time off sooner rather than later. I’ll make sure of it.” As Gregor wrapped the cuff around Bram’s arm, he added, “And then I’m going to visit your head Protector as well. You Stonefire lot are workaholics.”
“Just finish the exam,” Bram muttered. “And let’s hope Sid heals soon.”
“Well, until then, you’ll have to deal with me.” After placing the stethoscope, Gregor pumped up the cuff. “Now, shut it. I need to listen.”
“Use your dragon-shifter hearing,” Bram stated.
Gregor ignored him and thankfully the clan leader kept quiet.
The Stonefire Dragons were going to take a special touch. All of them liked to argue more than Gregor was accustomed to. It explained Arabella
MacLeod, the former Stonefire dragon-shifter female mated to Lochguard’s leader, and her tendency to be contrary.
His dragon spoke up. All the more reason to woo Cassidy. Stonefire listens to her. If we were her mate, the English dragons would listen to us, too.
That’s a rather complex way of getting patients to listen to us.
You’re the one being difficult. I’m just trying to find logical ways to convince you to kiss Cassidy.
Gregor ignored his dragon to focus on the systolic and diastolic readings.
Finishing up, Gregor removed his equipment. “Your blood pressure is extremely high. If you don’t get it down, you will have a heart attack. I’m going to draw some blood as well, to make sure it’s not something more serious.”