Chapter 16

ZIYAH

I was nervous about our date tonight for two different reasons. One, I had never been on a date before. Casual hookups did not count as dates. Two, it was with my mate. It was a good kind of nervousness though.

Dante had shown me what I meant to him each and every chance that he got. It was an honor to be mated with someone as amazing as him. There was still so much that we did not know about each other, but that did not change the truth. We had been paired together in the most intimate of ways.

Not all Fae had fated bonds. Many times, Fae decided with whom to share their light, but there were times when fate chose the individuals. It was said that those individuals were paired together because only they could complete the destiny set before them. Who was I to argue such a fact? My great-grandparents were fated. I had not heard of Fae being fated to other species, but that did not make it impossible. Our mating just proved that.

Here I was, dressed in a pair of skinny jeans a