Saving Verakko (Clecanian, #3)

by Victoria Aveline

Marriage is a contract. Mating is what would be considered a love pairing. Something unbreakable. They’ll be together forever.”

“That isn’t how mating works. Our people view it as sacred. Marriage is more of a duty.”

Mivassi was a word that referred to a claimed alternative to your chosen spouse while under contract. Only used in the rarest of instances when a person recognized their mate while married to another.

“You helped me survive out in the forest when I knew so little. Let me help you survive here.”

“I’d follow you anywhere, mivassi. If your face is the only one I see for the rest of my life, I’ll die a happy male.”

“Mivassi, I would’ve waited my whole life for you.”