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Alarik explains that the mark on Saria signifies a lifelong mate bond. Refusing to accept him, Saria smashes a vase and threatens to kill him with a shard. She flees to the balcony, discovers a deep chasm, and raises the shard to her throat. Alarik knocks the sharp piece from her hand. He tells her fate bound them against his wishes too. Then, Alarik locks a chained metal slave collar around her neck.
Alarik describes the mark on her body as a lifelong mate bond. Saria refuses to become his mate. She breaks a porcelain vase on the floor, points a jagged shard at him, and threatens to end his life.
Saria bolts outside onto the terrace, where an endless drop blocks any escape. Cornered by the fall, she lifts the sharp piece to her own throat. Alarik closes the distance instantly, grips her wrist, and disarms her.
Alarik holds Saria's shaking hands as she catches her breath. He tells her that he never asked for this outcome. The bond formed the moment his skin met hers, and neither of them has the power to change it.
Alarik walks back into the room with a somber expression. He lifts a metal slave collar fitted with an iron chain. He snaps it shut over Saria's throat, leaving her gasping in horror as her fingers clutch the band.
“It's a dragon's mark. The mark an alpha leaves when he takes a mate for life.”
“I will kill you before I let you take me as your mate.”
“This isn't something I chose either. I don't want this. I touched you and it happened. Fate decided, and I can't change the hand of fate. Not for anyone.”
Alarik locks a heavy chained slave collar onto Saria's neck. She clutches at the metal in terror, struggling to breathe as the reality sinks in. Why would Alarik force a slave collar onto his own bonded mate, and how will Saria survive as a captive inside the dragon castle?