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.He wore it often to his job when he worked in the cryo room.At his enquiring look, Bleine shrugged. They smelt like you the most. That made sense.He determinedly didn t look up at Bleine while he dressed despitethe waves of desire pouring off the Thresl.He didn t want to see the need in Bleine s eyes not while he was standing half-dressed in a hospital room and couldn t do anythingabout it.At the last minute he slid the black box into his pocket.He wanted to wait and explore their bond when they were alone in Bleine s room.Aquick glance in the bag revealed toiletries were in there along with his clothing. Aren t you taking me home? He didn t really want to go home.He just wantedBleine to confirm he was going back to his suite.He hoped to eventually take all histhings over to Bleine s place.They needed to be together to build their bond and explorewho they were as a couple.Sarler wanted to be Bleine s friend as well as his mate.Heonly hoped it was possible after his mistakes of before.He darted a quick glance at Bleine in time to see the prince nod his head. I m takingyou to my suite while you heal.We should be together. All right, Sarler agreed.He tried to keep his smile to controllable levels.After all,he was getting what he wanted and, even better, it was Bleine s idea. I d like you to move in with me permanently, Bleine said in a quiet voice. I d like that too, Sarler replied. I know we started out shaky and I m sorry if youthought I pitied you.I didn t.I m just& awkward. He didn t know how else to put it.Hehad minimal social skills and the ones he had were rough.He definitely wasn t attachedto his small apartment.He d only lived there a few weeks and hadn t even personalisedit yet.It certainly didn t feel like home, not like Bleine s suite did.Bleine had probablylived in his lodgings for hundreds of years and had had plenty of time to make them hisown.Bleine nodded, happiness pouring off him again.From his studies, Sarler knew Thresls loved to provide for their mates.By allowing Bleine to procure him a place tolive, Sarler had soothed Bleine s beast s nature.Thresl mating was a tricky thing and Sarler was still going through all thedocumentation he could find on mating rituals.As much as he counselled the Thresls atthe cryo lab, discussing a Thresl bond and living with one turned out to be worlds apart.He had a lot more sympathy for those bonded with a difficult match.With Bleine, at least he had an honestly great guy, even for a royal.No one in thepalace could say Bleine didn t do his best for his people.The prince had worked himselfto the bone to save the Thresls and hold his brother s position of power.Many would vetaken the kingdom as their own, but Bleine s faith that his brother would return hadnever wavered.Sarler wondered what it was like to have that much belief in another person.Fromstories he d overheard, Bleine had never faltered, his conviction steadfast over the longdecades.If Sarler could get even half of that devotion pointed towards him, he d live ahappy life.They just had to get over the hurdle of one of them not being a woman.Memories of some of his recent dreams had Sarler blushing.He definitely didn thave any problem with Bleine being male in those.Sarler moved slowly to put on his shoes, grateful when Bleine knelt down andhelped him.The shards of pain in his chest made him ask, Are you sure I m going to befine? Sarler knew Bleine wouldn t lie.Even without his empathic abilities. You ll be fine, Bleine assured him. Give it a few months and you ll be allcompletely healed.Of course, if we were properly bonded you would heal quicker. The reproof in Bleine s voice projected his disappointment.Sarler decided to lay it all out on the table.As he told the people he counselled, youcouldn t work through issues if you swept them under the rug.Taking a deep breath, herevealed his greatest fear. I didn t think you d want to bond with me.You ve always had women in the past. Beautiful women.Sarler had seen pictures of the previous princesses.Even thoughBleine s last mate Jallryne had turned out to be a power hungry psychopath, she d stillbeen lovely. What about you? Bleine countered, pinning Sarler in place with his vibrant goldeyes. I was told you preferred the female sex also. Sarler sighed.Now was the time for confession.There could only be truth betweenthem if they wanted to make their relationship work. I don t know what I prefer.I vealways dated women in the past because anything else wasn t acceptable on my homeworld.I ve never been intimate with anyone before. Bleine s mouth dropped open. You ve never had sex? The prince s astonishmentdrifted through Sarler like a spring cloud. I m an empath, Sarler reminded him
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