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Ralph and I stared at her I couldn&039;t answer, but Ralph did

"That&039;s none of your business"

"You did" She put her hands on her hips and laughed "Oh, Jesus Do you have tattoos? A circle with two slanted lines?"

"How did you know that?" asked Ralph

"Because I&039;ons in this room You&039;ve bonded"

"You did the valed at Ralph "Holy shit"

"There was no hitching," I said My gaze flew to Ash as my heart started to pound "W-what does that h since you both have some of Sybina&039;s soul, it&039;s " She shook her head "I&039;ve never come across this situation, but whatever You two are married"

"Married?" I squeaked My heart tripled its beat as a lead weight settled in my stomach I couldn&039;t look at Ralph I didn&039;t want to see his expression What if he was in for the nookie, but not up for a very long-terh I didn&039;t care how insane, irrational, or illogical it sounded I wanted to be with Ralph and the boys And forever suited me just fine

"How do you unbond?" asked Patsy "Or is there a time limit? Vampires are only bound for a hundred years"

Ash snorted "Dragons don&039;t un bond They mate for life"

A wave of horror washed over me "I bonded" I sed hard "With Ralph But I&039;er," said Ash "You&039;ve got strength, fire ic, and you&039;re damned near immortal You can&039;t fly or shift, but hell, that part&039;s no fun anyway"

"But we didn&039;tI mean not - you know, all the way"

"Doesn&039;t on that chooses his mate FYI, you can&039;t poison Ralph"

"Poison?" I asked faintly I was still shell-shocked And what about poor Ralph? I got up the courage and slanted a glance at him He looked as discoons So if Ralph drinks froht about Ralph sinking his fangs intohis lover and his meal

"How did this happen?" The question came from my father, and his tone was not friendly Neither was the look in his eyes

"I&039;d rather not go into details, sir," said Ralph He looked at Ash "When you say for life"

"Sorry, dude Dragon y shit where your mate suffers the same fate as you do Libby is your wife until one of you dies, which for you two is a really, really long time" She threw her hands up in the air "Look, I don&039;t care if you two boink each other stupid I have another probleht and take his soul, I can&039;t stick around"

"A soul shifter?" Mo fro

"I&039;m hurt Really" Ash blew out a breath "I have to take a soul every ninety days, and it&039;s not like I have a choice I can&039;t control my nature When it&039;s time to absorb a soul,it or reasoning with it or stopping it Capiche? "

"Yeah," said Patsy She looked queasy I wondered if it was because of her pregnancy or because of Ash&039;s soul-sucking "Just don&039;t forget to get his spit before you whack him It&039;s the only way to help Patrick and Jessica" She rubbed her eyes, sighing "Let&039;s just get sos tomorrow And Dora, if there&039;s any way to contact yourinsurance , then tell &039;e broke up Ralph helped me from the chair

As we headed toward the boys with my parents in tow, Lorcan and Eva joined us

"Dora and Ellared at hilass and bossy electronic voices and too much of the color white?"

"Whoa, now" Lorcan put his hands up in a surrender gesture "They&039;re in the bungalow next to Ralph&039;s"

Eva smiled I liked her She was nice and seemed less intense than most of the vampires I&039;d met, with the exception of Ralph "How about we take Stephen and Michael for a slumber party?"

Ralph took my hand and squeezed "Thanks, Eva"

"How in the world are the vampires supposed to handle two mortal children?" asked Molass of water?"

"Ta away objections "We&039;ll be happy to watch the boys"

"I&039;d be thrilled if you and Elo away and let us play with our grandsons"

Grandsons I couldn&039;t believe how easily Moon-mates Married by almost-sex My stoet-out-of-on&039;s heart chose its mate Had Ralph and I chosen each other?

Or had Sybina chosen for us?