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Bard also enjoyed trying new foods with her, when they went out to restaurants He had even bought Makenna soht her how to use the Kindred appliances—ns, since her broken Standard didn’t help much—and she had made him several very tasty meals This had been her idea, not his—she was a do and really seemed to enjoy it

Yes, this last week had been a little slice of heaven, he adht he’d lost after Rilla died

But the joy wasn’t his to keep because Makenna wasn’t his to keep

“I have to let her go,” he said in a low voice “It’s not right to tie her vibrant young life to mine You know yourself, Sylvan, that a soul-bond can only stretch so far I would probably die before her and leave her all alone at the e I can’t do that to her—it isn’t right!”

The soul-bond a Kindred for sex usually worked to keep the two of theth of their lives Kindred were a long-lived species and the bond—if it wasn’t stretched by too ap—would help any fe as he did

However, in the case of extreaps, the soul-bond couldn’t help as much Which meant that one or the other of them was likely to outlive the other—which was a terrible burden to bear, as Bard well knew

“She’s too young forup to pace before the fireplace in his living area “Too young by nearly half I have to let go of her”

“Very well” Sylvan nodded solemnly “There’s a shuttle headed to First World within the hour It just has to stop at Rageron for supplies, and then it’s going straight on”

“An hour?” Bard felt his throat get thick He knew he had to let go of Makenna, but he had thought he’d have oodbye to her than that

Well,to push down the anguish he felt at the idea of losing the curvy little female A clean break And no e

He could just i with him to “heal” her onehis willpower and not sending her away…

“Is that all right?” Sylvan asked, raising his eyebrows

Bard nodded

“An hour will be fine I’ll get her packed”

“Don’t worry too much about clothes,” Sylvan told hiive one to Makenna as well”

“I’ll send theruffly “No point in theot no use for them”