Chapter 63

"But you're immortal," she added. "How can that be dangerous?"

"We bond so deeply to each other that when the mate dies, we die. And if we mate a mortal"

Charlotte realized just how short her life was compared to his. For a dragon, getting involved with a human was cutting your own life tragically short. Her stomach fluttered as she sensed there was something he still wasn't saying.

"Rurik, please just tell me." She turned to face him, the water splashing as she straddled him. Despite the way their bodies intimately rubbed, she was determined not to get distracted. This was too important.

"As I said, I had one possible true mate before, and she died. The grief I felt was great, because I realized all that I had missed in life. I feared there would never be another chance. Then I met youand discovered you were a possible mate as well."

She couldn't process what he was saying. A true mate? How was that even