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“I’ to Tori

“Gefreogen,” she repeated “It is e call the stage of serious courtship with the possibility of ”

“Oh I didn’t know there was a word for that So, one step shy of engagement?”

“Yes, exactly”

That begged another question that Tori had alondered This seemed the opportune ht?”

“Harded hiested she suspected why he was curious, although she didn’t voice her suspicions out loud “I suppose from your side, it’s not as easy to tell Part of it, of course, is that we like the person We enjoy their company and want to spend a lifetion side, I think Our dragon instincts are quick to decide if they like a person or not And it doesn’t take long for those instincts to tell us if we’ve found the right e to mate with”

“So, you just…know”

“Basically It’s hard to explain And it does seem a bit rushed to our human counterparts, which is e soive thes I would have waited for Cassie if she’d needed that time I’ll spend centuries with her, after all What’s a few months? Or even a few years? But it turned out that she, too, has good instincts She knew quickly that I was the right one for her”

“Which is why you two didn’t hesitate You’ve beennow?”

“Two months,” Sasha answered with a honey a mate to one of us, Tori?”

“I…honestly don’t kno to answer that” He ran a hand through his hair and blew out a low breath, eyes drawn back to Cassie’s slack foro, if you’d asked me, I would have emphatically said no Toosoether? Hell, I’d sacrifice a leg to have a relationship like yours”