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“So, the cambions are supposed to have sex with the knights and we become magically bonded to them?”she mused.

“I guess so,” he said with a shrug.“I’m not sure how it works.”

“Are you attracted to me?”Grace queried.

Camriel hesitated, hating the idea of hurting her feelings.“You’re like my little sister,” he told her.

“Yeah, I don’t want to jump your bones, either,” she said in relief.“But maybe we should kiss or something, just to make sure we’re not meant for each other.”

Camriel managed to stop himself from wrinkling his nose at that thought.“Okay,” he said with great reluctance.He leaned over and she lifted her face to meet him.Their lips were millimeters apart when they both jerked away at the same time.

“Nope, that’s not happening,” Grace declared, then leaped to the ground to distance herself from the warrior.

“Agreed,” he said ruefully.“We definitely don’t have the potential for a bond.”

Shuddering a bit at how wrong that had felt, Grace pointed at the containers that were neatly lined up.“It’ll take a while to stack all this into the truck and drive back to the base.Hopefully, Zoe and Amaros will be done boning each other by then.”

Camriel snorted out a laugh, glad neither of them felt rejected by their lack of connection.

They took their time to stack the supplies in the truck.A thought hit Grace when they were ready to leave.“You said the bond is like a marriage,” she mused.

“In a sense,” he agreed.“It’s permanent and it can’t be broken.”

“We should do something for Zoe and Amaros to celebrate,” she suggested in budding excitement.

“Like what?”he asked.

“I’m thinking champagne and wedding gifts,” Grace said, feeling proud of herself for coming up with the idea.

“There’s a liquor store just down the road,” Camriel said.“We’ll pay a visit to it after we’ve loaded the truck.”

Grace liked Camriel, but she was glad they didn’t have a bond.It was exciting to think there was a Knight of Order out there somewhere who was her match.“I can’t wait to find him,” she murmured too quietly for her companion to hear her.

Chapter Forty-Four

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