“They aren’t actually real, right?”
Derek squeezed his hand, and the gesture seemed to urge silence. Blake turned fully to look at his partner, but Derek was staring at King. “They are incredibly rare. No way that’s what’s going on.”
Blake gaped. As glad as he was Derek seemed to be on the same page, he couldn’t believe he actually thought they were real. Okay. So there were a few reported cases over the years, but they had to be fabrication, didn’t they? He’d always thought they were a myth. Those pairs had to be exaggerating.
“They are real. And yes, they are incredibly rare.” King’s voice was smooth, devoid of emotion, as though he expected both of them to react as they had. “There have been fifty-two bonds recorded in Requiem’s history. Only seventeen of them have been in the past fifty years. Eighteen, now, if I have my guess.”
“No way,” Blake burst out.