"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 ...