Married?

"Yes, I had noticed her strange behavior many times, but then why was she so helpless when that man was trying to force himself on her? Was that all just acting?" Jayden asked. He got trauma just because of that particular event in his life and even ended up killing a man for the first time.

"She must have acted like that because of you. Anyway, Richard and Sydney's father had made a promise to get their children married if they were of the opposite gender, and the promises made among us dragons hold a lot of weight.

So unless either one or both of you refused to marry, you would have needed to fulfill that promise. Sydney at first opposed even the thought of marrying you, but after she came here she was really happy, even though her coming here was a very risky thing.