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Crux knew he was the highest level of bastard to leave Courtney sitting barely beyond the force field while he dealt with his own damned emotions. But it was impossible. He was a dragon prince. He would one day be king.
He couldn't have a human mate.
His people, his father, had certain expectations. And they would not appreciate if their queen wasn't even from the correct planet. There was no way his father would assent to the match. It didn't matter that fate decreed it. It didn't matter that Courtney had called upon Crux's flame and used it for herself, something that was spoken about in legends because it was that rare.
They would see that she was human and fail to look beyond that, just as he had.
The psychic matchmaker had insisted that he would meet his mate on this journey.
