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Despite himself, Bjorn’s attention focused on the door every time it opened, desperate to see Ari the moment she arrived. He knew that he probably shouldn’t be so obvious in his attraction for her, especially not in the Council chambers, but he just couldn’t help it. Technically, what the two of them were up to went against Council rules, and if they were discovered then they’d both lose their seats. And yet, that wasn’t enough to make him want to stop, especially since Ari had revealed the truth behind mating. He’d been labouring under the illusion that mating required a bite, but apparently, it didn’t work like that. All true mates needed to do was meet, and since learning that, barely a moment had passed when he hadn’t thought of Ari; the truth that he’d thought he knew fast becoming
