Page 67 of Alien Mates

“We’re bonded? But we didn’t say the words,” Cade claimed.

“I thought them,” Jaspar admitted.

“Me too,” Cade sheepishly admitted.

To which Beta replied, “You idiots. Bonding doesn’t require a ritual or phrases. Bonding is about a meshing of spirits, and yours are most definitely intertwined.”

“So, we’re married?” Colette asked aloud, having yet to master the whole talking-to-Beta-via-her-embedded-transponder.

“Mated until death.”

Oddly enough, that didn’t bother Colette, and that night, she finally said the words she’d never dared before.

“I love you.”

And in reply, they made her see the most delightful stars.

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