The Mating

You know, Elise, sometimes our lives have moments of great disappointment. It's difficult at the time, but we have to move beyond.

Rule number one: never assume your mate spends all her time in the kitchen.

Kane: So, what should I do? Helen: Are you looking for another slap on the head? Hook up that wonderful connection you now have with your mate. Go find her, explain how you feel and then have some great make-up sex!

...pushing through her own feeling of panic to find what Kane was trying to communicate to her. It was a bit of a jumble and she strained to make sense of it, finally grasping a repeated thread: I love you. Be ready.

Elise?" He looked at her with a pleading, puppy-dog expression in his eyes. "Yes?" "I love you.

Elise hid her face in his shoulder, embarassed, "Kane! What will they think?" She whispered against his neck. "That we're newly bonded and I can't keep my hands off of my lovely mate." And sure enough, the good natured calls that accompanied them across the yard left her in no doubt that the others were thinking exactly that.

sometimes our lives have moments of great disappointment. It’s difficult at the time, but we have to move beyond.