As I am walking with Cassius to the huge banquet hall in the palace where the ceremonial dinner will be held, a concern

comes to my mind. I stopped and turned to look into his eyes. “Will being marked hurt?”

He gently cups my face in his right hand, “A temporary mark carries with it a fleeting pain, but a permanent one only

brings ecstasy.” Captivated by his tenderness, I rose to my tip-toes and gave him a kiss. He smiled into it as his freehand

pulled me closer. Breathlessly, we pulled away. Looking deeply into my eyes he said, “Avery, I regret any pain I caused you

or any that you had to endure because of me and my brothers. I vow to you now to never cause you an ounce of pain.” A

tear left my eye because of the feelings that bubbled to the surface. He smiled as he kissed the tear away. “I love you,

Avery and I intend to show you that every day from now on.”

“You love me?”

He chuckled as he picked me up and spun me around. “Yes, yes I do.” Filled with emotions that I had never felt before, I

took his smiling face in my hands and kissed him. As the passion between us built, so did the tension. Struggling to maintain control, he pushed my back against the wall. His hands roamed my frame as his lips devoured mine. Groaning,

he pulled back, “We need to stop, but can continue this later if you like.”

I grinned as my cheeks reddened. I bit my lip and nodded. “Yeah, I might.”

He slid me down and offered me his arm. “This goes at your pace, so if you change your mind it will be okay.”

We walked arm in arm to the dinner. Everyone stared but my focus remained on my three mates. Since our dragons mated, I have felt inquisitive and aroused by what it would feel like to mate. I don’t have anyone to ask about it either

and I am afraid to ask my mates. I also don’t feel comfortable asking my adoptive parents either. I wish that I was as

brave as Regina, but I am filled with so much doubt and fear that it nearly cripples me at times.

as he kissed my

commented as he pulled

“We were lucky before, but now we have the woman that we could only dream of

down and lightly kissed me before he had a seat at my side. He squeezed my hand

love you, my queen.”

filled with a sense of pride and astonishment. I looked at

kissed my cheek before Cassius ordered the food to be

had the staff prepare all of my favorite dishes and even used that butterfly

It was the highlight of the meal for me too. But one thing warmed my heart even

them for Regina

**Cassius**

this to be a day that Avery would never forget because we wanted it

So far it has surpassed my expectations. I told her that I loved her. I had never told a

what I felt. When she didn’t say it back it hurt a bit

just now too. My mate

I want to both show her and do with

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need to know that Avery has the power now because my

Avery deserves this and so much

had finished dinner, I ordered the procession to the stage in the center

Avery up onto my shoulder as my

that she is ours. I felt Avery grow nervous

and it made me laugh. My brothers help her down from

of our queen. My brothers

bond her to our tribe.” I pick up

front of me. My brothers each give me raw painite and I take mine out of my pocket and

gemstone and one of the rarest minerals on earth, but even it can’t compare to how rare

we are about to form with

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