EZRAWhat do you mean that I'm your mate?Out of all the questions I expected her to ask, this is far down the list.I inhale sharply.How do I even put it without scaring her off? Afterall, I've seen the emotions warring on her face when she told me sorry that time like she'd come to a conclusion in that little head of hers.I watch her.She sits stiffly, fingers twitching as she looks straight at me, waiting for my reply.I clear my throat. “It means…” I start, my voice barely above a whisper. “That every instinct I have, the rage, the anger, the lust, the pull, is all tied to you.”I reach out, wanting to touch her, wanting to feel her.But my fingers stop just inches away from me. I don't want to scare her.“I knew it the moment I saw you. The moment you stood up to me, when your smell permeated my nostrils, when my eyes met yours. Your soul, your fire, everything about you calls for me, Thea. It still does.”“And—”“Is that what your wife meant when she called me an Aureate?”My
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