Chapter 39. Mate

I'd do anything for her, and when I heard her claim me as her mate, I wanted nothing more than to be hers. For however long our eternal life might be.

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"Are you sure we're safe here? I think you should hurry up and we can go back after you patched him up. This place stinks of elves, I don't like it."

I tried to open my eyes, but my body felt like I'd been squashed by a dragon, my bones hurt, and my head pounded with pain. I looked across, half-lidded, and saw Savaric whispering louder making sure that Magnus was listening to him. I saw his lover, Gerold was busy tending my wounds and enchanting ancient spell that I'd never heard before.

My eyes darted for a second before I found my mate, Basilea, sitting on my other side rubbing her hand on my arm. I could see that she w