“It won’t happen, Tessa.” “How can you be so sure?” she demanded, her voice rising. His hand came to her cheek. “Because I already have a Guardian, Tessa. A full Guardian. With a Guardian Mark and a Guardian Bond.” “What? Who? How?” she asked, stumbling over her words as she tried to digest what he’d just told her. “I already have a Guardian,” Theon repeated. “It’s how we know so much about the Guardian Bond.”
