The raskarrans say they know their mates when they meet them, and one of the newcomers can't take his eyes off me. I'm not against the idea of a mate, in fact, part of me really likes the sound of it. But things in my past have damaged me in ways that make me think I won't be able to fully embrace a future as someone's linasha.

I know my Grace is going to be mine from the first moment I see her. Lina has blessed me with with a kind, compassionate mate and I could not be happier. But my Grace is nervous of me. Ill treatment by a male in her past has made her afraid that she cannot enjoy my touch. But that male gave no thought to her pleasure, and that is not a mistake I will make...