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of the bread looking substance and pop it into her mouth. As soon as the food hit her taste buds, her eyes bulged. This had to be the best darn bread she had ever eaten in her life! Soft, buttery, and with a hint of sweetness to it. She wondered if all the food was this good.
    Zen watched her pop the Wheadirskon into her mouth and saw her eyes widen, but he didn’t know if she liked it or not. “Do you like it?” he inquired softly.
    Angel was already helping herself to a second slice of heaven. “Oh, yes!” she breathed as she popped it into her mouth.
    She chewed the second piece a bit slower, trying to savor and enjoy the unique flavor. Realizing she was thirsty, she grabbed her drink to take a swallow, when Zen’s hand stopped her. “You might want to drink that slowly. It tends to catch up with you rather quickly.”
    She nodded to show she understood, and then took her first sip. She could just imagine how it caught up with you quickly, since she could hardly taste any alcohol in it whatsoever. Still, she took Zen’s advice and took slow sips.
    She sat back in her seat and admired the eye candy in front of her. “Okay, you said I was your mate. While I admit I am flattered that someone like myself would catch the eye of a hunk like you, maybe you should explain exactly what you mean by that statement.”
    Zen reached over once again to touch the soft skin of her hand. He ran his thumb back and forth over her skin. It was so amazingly soft, and he wondered just how soft the rest of her was. His dragon was already giving him pictures of what he thought she would look like naked, which was doing nothing for the raging hard-on he had been sporting since he first glimpsed her.
    “We search our entire lives for our true mate, the one that was made just for us. Actually, our dragon is the one that has the ability of scenting and picking our mate out. You may have noticed that we do not have very many females on our world. The male gene is very strong, and so even when a female dragon mates with a male dragon, the chances of them having a male youngling is high. Almost ninety percent of our young are male. We have had our best researchers work on this problem for years, but have not been able to fix the problem.
    “So, several years ago, many of our males started leaving Dragonose in search of their mate. Some have returned and settled here, others have stayed on the foreign land, and others are still out there searching. The hope is that by bringing in new blood, such as humans, we may be able to turn things around and start producing more female dragons.”
    His mate gave him a very sour look. “So, what you are telling me is that you basically want human broodmares?”
    “What? No, no, you have it all wrong. Once our dragon recognizes you as our mate, that is it for us. I have heard that your country has some sort of ceremony that ties you and your mate together. Is this not true?”
    “Yes, it is called a wedding. Two people find each other attractive, usually date, getting to know one another for a while, and if they fall in love, then eventually they get married and start a family.”
    “Okay. See, our ways are not that much different. Our dragon spots our mate, we fall in love with them almost instantly because we know they are it for us. You are my other half.”
    “Wait a minute!” she interrupted as she held up her hand. “I said two people find each other attractive and date. All I am hearing from you is you and your dragon. Where do I come in? What about my feelings?”
    The dejected look that crossed his face surprised her. Gone was the easygoing manner which he had displayed for the last several hours. Suddenly he looked as if he had just had his favorite toy taken away. “You do not find me attractive? You do not care for me?”
    What? Whoa! We just met a few hours ago! Why does he look like his life is suddenly over? And yet, the desolate look that seemed to be taking over his entire body made