Ashina's Quest: Chapter 23

I started looking at my guards, and Trina was the one who was sniffing the air. She turned around and smiled as a very handsome Centaur approached her. He picked her up bridal style and said, "Mate." Trina put her hand on his cheek, and she smiled as she said, "Mine." I said, "Well, that's why you never found your mate, Trina, he was all the way up here!" King Chiron laughed and said, "Zughar is one of our best warriors, and he will now be one of yours." Zughar looked at him in disbelief. Zughar bowed and said, "Thank you, your majesty." King Chiron said, "Not long ago, we had a drifter find his way here and his mate was here. I would not let her leave, because I had a bad feeling about him. I was right. He tried to kill her when she wouldn't sleep with him on the first night. He is no longer living." I said, "You have my full support on that decision. Any man who will hit a woman, outside of training or battle, doesn't deserve to live." He smiled and said, "I knew I would like you.