Page 118 of Owned By Two

“What?” Uhti said.

“Turn around. Trust me. I promise I won’t kick your ass.”

Confounded but intrigued, Uhti did as he asked.

Blor raised Uhti’s shirt to reveal his muscular back.

Why he would do that, I didn’t know…

At first.

Then I spotted the strange little tattoo at the base of his spine that I had never noticed before.

“I should have let Qeyel skewer you…” Blor grumbled under his breath.

“What was that?” Uhti asked.

Blor waved a hand of dismissal.

“What’s that?” I asked, motioning toward the tattoo.

Blor sighed once more. “It’s called the Joisa. It’s one of a pair and marks those who are fated mates.”

“Fated mates?” I said. “You mean, destined to be together forever?”

I’d heard of the phenomenon but never thought I would ever see one for myself.

Uhti attempted to peer at his own back but he couldn’t see it.

“Trust me, it’s there,” Blor said before grumbling: “No matter how much I wish it wasn’t.”

My heart was in my throat. “Then he’s found his fated mate? But who…?”

I knew the answer the moment I said asked the question, of course.

There could only be one possibility, no matter how much I doubted it.

“Me?” I gasped.

Blor nodded. “And it gets worse.”

He rolled over and pulled up his shirt too, revealing his own Joisa.

A second hand joined the first in clamping over my mouth. “You have one too? But… But how is this possible?”

“It’s rare,” Blor admitted. “But it does happen.Veryrarely.”

Uhti lowered his shirt and turned to peer at the two of us.

I was in shock.

How can this be?

I had only laid with them once — okay, twice with Blor — but it took more than that to be fated mates with someone, didn’t it?

And I somehow hadtwoof them?

And yet, as surprising and unlikely as it was, I recalled the feeling of being with each of them, how serene and at peace I felt being in their presence.

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