She'd been terrified that day, unaware she'd be mated to him twenty four hours later.
He barely accepted the idea of being mated to a woman who only looked like his ex.
When the kings of our people found them, they mated with them to bind them to them.
Naturals mated with Guardians?
Telling him that she'd mated off human-Deidre to the Dark One would make Gabriel hate her.
