Grant POV I kept my eyes on Amiela watching for any type of reaction, but she just looked confused. "Mate?" She said as question "Yes" is all I said. We sat in silence for a while. She gets off the bed and paces a little bit. Then she turned around to face me. "Do you mean mate like friends or do you what Howard and Clyde are. I heard Clyde used that word when he talked about Howard." She said. "Who uses mate to mean friends." I said amused. "Australian, I guess, but that not the point. I ask you a question." She said hotly. "Howard and Clyde are partial mates, meaning they have one more mate to find for their mate bond to be complete. I only have one mate, and that is you." I said, trying to explain. "How do you know, and how can you claim that? We don't know anything abou

