87 Because You Are My Mate

Eltanin got up to cover her with the blanket. As he tucked it around her, he continued, "Mates want to mark and claim each other. Your mate is your soulmate and you will follow him or her to the Fade. If one dies, so does the other. Or let me put it this way, if one dies, the other doesn't want to live if they have formed a mate bond." 

A shudder ran through her body. She experienced this feeling when he was lying lifeless in the temple. She didn't want to live without him. Her feelings for him were so intense it was hard to fathom.