Lyra’s POV Cassian looked at me with a glint in his eyes, completely ignoring everyone else in the room. Without saying a word, he came and sat next to me, and before I could flinch away, he took my hand in his. His smell of fresh-cut cedar was overwhelming my senses, but the mate bond was pulsing, not giving me a chance to even second-guess this physical interaction with him.“Lyra, I want to make a deal with you,” he said, looking directly into my eyes, “I want you to give me a month to woo you.”“Did you just say woo me?” I stutter as if that was the most logical thing I could say.“I said what I said, Lyra. “A deal? What kind of deal?” I said a little too gruffly as I regained some of my senses.Cassian chuckled, whereas Kael was still over in the corner, looking as if he were fighting a whole horde of demons mentally.“I want you to give me one month to show you how a mate is supposed to be treated. That I'm not a demon or some kind of monster, probably told in kids' nighttime
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