TAYLOR'S POVThe attendant set the tray down and disappeared before I could thank him.I picked up the bread and looked at Caius. "Talk. You have until I finish eating.""The bond," Caius started."From the beginning," I said. "Pretend I know nothing. Which I don't. Because I was alive in Colorado this morning."Zed pulled a chair and sat like a man preparing for a very long evening. "The Wolfric Kingdom has three ruling kings. Has been that way for a thousand years. The bond chooses one bride for all three.""One bride," I repeated. "For three men.""Yes," he said."And nobody thought to mention this was unusual?" I asked."It is not unusual here," Ryun said."I am not from here Ryun," I said."We noticed," Zed said.I pointed the bread at him. "I already do not like you.""Most people don't," he said, completely unbothered."The bond," Caius continued patiently, "is sacred. When it finds its match it pulls. What you felt when Ryun's eyes changed, that was the bond recognising you."
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