LYRIC For two days, I avoided Jaris like a plaque. And I think he was doing the same. I know we've both been intimate before. But that was five years ago! When I was a very different person, right before he abandoned me. This body is very special now. He couldn't just look at it when he wanted. "Congratulations, aunty," Xylon said with a sweet smile as I massaged his sister's scalp on the bed. "For what, honey?" "The mating ceremony tomorrow. We know you'll become daddy's Luna," Xyla answered. Oh. "Thank you." Actually, I'd been quite nervous about that. Jaris and I would finally be mated tomorrow, only to be broken apart after a year. But I was still more concerned about the fact we were only going to be together for a year. While it'd help my father clear his debts, I still didn