The Unmarked Mate

"Please, call me Vivi." I smiled, excited to finally meet her and hoping to give her a warmer welcome than Kaelen had. He didn't smile and hadn't even touched her. Not a hug or a kiss.

Even when Gideon was mad at me, he still slept around me. She accepted the hand I offered her, and I shook it more firmly than was proper. It wasn't the practiced and graceful greeting I had been trained to use as