12 PRIA I was trying to get my mind around it all, but I was failing. Aliens. Mates. Hearts. "Wait, did you say hearts? Plural? You have more than one?" He put a hand on his bare chest. I tried to ignore just how sculpted, perfect, hard his physique was. "Yes. Two hearts. One here. The other here." Alright. Two hearts. Totally normal. Don't freak out. It would be a strange reason to finally lose it. I'd been okay with being swallowed by a giant worm, but now I was having trouble? Get it together, Pria. Two hearts were no problem at all. Everything else was. "What if you're wrong?" I repeated. "How can you be sure?" "I know it," he said simply. "There is no doubt in my mind or in my hearts. You are my mate. We are destined to be together." I wanted to jump up and run. He sounded way

