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  “Aw. My males are so sweet together.”

  Dero made a face. “As long as I’m your favorite male.”

  She wiggled her brows. “You know you are.”

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  After the evening meal, when the sun had set and the twin moons rose in the sky, Dero saddled Eas for their star-watching trip. He’d enlarged the saddle he normally used with Eas to make it easier for Tarihn to ride with him. It was cool and would be chillier up high in the sky, so they dressed warmly. Tarihn wore hide trousers and a long tunic, and had wrapped a blanket around her shoulders. She’d tied her hair back in a braid and was bouncing with excitement as he finished getting Eas ready.

  Storvi was too young to fly, so Tarihn rubbed his head and kissed his beak before saying goodbye. Dero helped her into the saddle and climbed up behind her, gathering the reins in both hands.

  “Ready?” he asked.

  She turned her head and kissed him. “Yes!”

  He chuckled as he snapped the reins, giving the command for Eas to take to the sky. Eas cawed loudly before running swiftly and flapping his wings as he lifted them off the ground. Tarihn squeaked in surprise as they moved into the air, grasping Dero’s forearm with one hand and holding the pommel with the other.

  Her squeak turned into a gasp as they crested the tops of the trees and rose higher into the sky. The stars were bright, twinkling lights above them, and as Eas slowly flapped his wings and leveled out, Dero transferred the reins into one hand and wrapped his arm around Tarihn’s waist.

  “It’s so beautiful up here. I would never have seen this if you hadn’t found me.”

  “I would give you the stars if I could, ilora,” he murmured into her ear. “Finding you was the best thing that ever happened to me, my sweet soul mate. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

  She leaned back against him and rested her hand on top of his. “I’m so glad I’m yours and you’re mine. It’s kind of sad, isn’t it?”

  “What is?”

  “That my people are traveling to distant planets to find soul mates when they are on the other side of the mountains. So much closer. But they’ll never know because the government has filled their minds with lies.”

  “We all have to make our own choices on what we believe. I’m sorry that your people didn’t think you were valuable. You’re more precious to me than all the stars in the sky.”

  “I feel like the luckiest female on the planet. Fate brought us together, and I have a life now. A real life. Because of you.”

  “Didn’t I tell you I’d do anything to make you happy?” he asked.

  “You did,” she said with a laugh. “I just didn’t know it was possible to be so happy. If I’d known that I could have everything if I went over the mountain, I’d have climbed it years ago.”

  “Me, too, ilora,” he said, kissing her neck. “Are you ready to go home?”

  “Let’s stay up in the stars a little while longer. I’m not ready to be on the ground just yet.”

  “Whatever my soul mate wants.”

  “Just you and the stars,” she said. “That’s all I need.”

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