Ellery laid his head down onto Chrysander’s chest. “I wonder how bad it will hurt if I die.”
“All those sorcerers are going to be there to make sure you don’t feel any pain.”
“Chrys?”
“Yeah?”
“Thank you for being my mate. You could have easily let me die without having a ceremony and waited for Fate to match you again. Thanks for wanting me enough to do all this with me.”
“I never wanted a refund.”
Ellery chuckled. “Chrys?”
“Yeah?” Chrysander asked as he grinned at their déjà vu.
“I love you.”
Moved almost to tears by those three simple words, it took Chrysander a few minutes to speak. When he did, there was only what was in his heart that he needed Ellery to hear. “I love you too, Ell.”