All that talk of mating has me very embarrassed. I mean, I understand the concept of how babies are made, but this is different. The feeling that I got from Phoenix was passionate coupling that will feel better than anything I’ve ever felt before. I did catch her feelings of her time with her previous mates as she was talking to Ajax though, which has me confused. ‘How does that work? You had other mates, but now he’s your mate?’ I ask her. ‘Every time I rise, I have a new mate, a new bond. My previous mates all died long ago and while I remember them, when I die, the bond between us breaks. I remember the love that I felt for them, but even if they were alive, I wouldn’t feel it for them now. In this time, in this place, Ajax is my mate. Our mate.’ How does she not feel the jealousy t