Eternally Rare

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>In the dimension where fire meets ice my mate waits for me.</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>And if I don't go to him I'll die.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I know I'm lucky to have a mate at all.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Most would rejoice. Most would run to them.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Not me.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I want to stay with my family.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was trapped in the veil for the majority of my life fighting to survive.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And I'm supposed to leave them for a man I don't know?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm tired of Fate making the decisions for me.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ache</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> in my chest becomes too much.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> thirst</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> in my throat becomes unbearable.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>need </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>to mate is a call I can no longer ignore.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even if I've never touched or kissed another.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How will I satisfy him?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Finally I go to my prince only to learn that I have not one but </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>two</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> mates.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A dragon and an elf.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Not only do they rule separate kingdoms-they are mortal enemies.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hatred is rooted deep in my dragon's fire and my elf guards a secret close to his heart that he refuses to tell.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Forgiveness is the only solution.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And the journey to getting it might be what kills us all.</span></p>