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And so it was how Mihail ended up reluctantly recounting last night’s events to two ladies and a gentleman, and of course just when he had reached the halfway point, Lady Fleur, the youngest of the Trois Belles Lames, arrived, and at the lady’s insistence, Mihail found hi This time, he made it as far as three-fourths of his story when it was the baron himself alked in, and of course out of respect, Mihail recounted – hopefully for the last time – what recently transpired between him and his pet

By the very end, Ilie, seeing that a ainst his original intention to ask his friend to repeat the whole thing one last time

He glanced at his heartkeeper instead, about to ask her thoughts through the blood bond—-

Blood bond…

The Marquis of Lunare jerked in his seat

“What is it?” Mihail denized the look in his friend’s eyes

“The blood bond,” Ilie said abruptly “Itprocess, and why your demon half is still able to assert itself”

Aurora frowned “Maricha and I haven’t read anything about blood bonds being a critical requirement, but it would make sense if it were”

“Ilie and Soleil share a blood bond, and—-” Fleur al the Duke of Bried to catch herself in ti

Sorry, she mouthed wryly

“Point still taken” Soleil, ever the protective oldest sister, quickly spoke up to smooth over the aard silence that followed Fleur’s near verbalsimilar happened to you in the past?”

Ilie shook his head “We had a blood bond almost soon after I learned about you Mihail, on the other hand, has had to live without it for years”

The baron had been studying the other htful silence for a while now, and there was one thing which he could not help puzzle over “Forgivethis, milord, but as it that you have not bonded with your heartkeeper by blood?”