Third Person's POV
Professor Bauer was the officiant who had presided over Mortimer and Seraphina's mating ceremony.
"I..." Mortimer opened his mouth, dropping his voice to a low, hesitant murmur. "I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to make things difficult for you. I just..."
Looking at the absolute confusion and total detachment on Seraphina's face, Mortimer felt like his insides were tied in a chaotic knot.
"I just feel like... things between us... seem different from before." When he said it, his voice carried a tremor of uncertainty that he had never shown in his life.
Hearing this, Seraphina froze for a split second. And then, she laughed.
"Haven't we always been exactly like this? What exactly is different?" she asked, genuinely baffled.
Mortimer instinctively wanted to argue. He fra
