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hands?”
    The Baron
motioned to Faisal as he said, “Yes. Plus the brand. When you
finally finish bonding you will have brands as well. It is said the
more compatible a couple is the more extensive the brands. These
couples seem to have more children as well.
    “ Maybe it isn’t about being in phase or not but a matter of
degrees. My great grandfather didn’t really explain it much as it
wouldn’t really matter to me. Very few of the dragon kin actually
marry back into the dragon blood.”
    Confused she
asked for clarification, “But what is this all about being in
collections?”
    The Baron
actually grinned. “Ah, yes. Well, dragons are hoarders but I don’t
think any human can truly understand a dragon’s connection to his
collection. It isn’t an insult. There is a reciprocal nature to a
dragon’s horde. They are made by what they have and they add to
what they have.
    “ It
was from before. The dragons were offered women to stop raiding.
Mostly they just ate the woman until they came across one that was
rather interesting. She told stories. Had them in stitches
apparently. After that they started collecting interesting women.
To see if they could have a woman more interesting than what others
had.
    “ It
was one of these women that managed to bond to one of the dragons
and pull him into this plane. The dragons still like to collect
interesting women to bond with as that is their nature. The more
interesting the better according to them.”
    Callisto added
his own thought. “You were playing match maker. You didn’t even
warn me.”
    The Baron
shrugged not in the least apologetic. “He could offer you more than
you could have gotten from any other man so no harm.”
    Faisal seemed to
agree with this. “Women tend to marry. Are you saying I am not
acceptable?”
    She sighed. That
argument she had with on that first day made a lot more sense. She
had complained about being owned so he had shown faith in making
him her possession so when the bonding or marriage completely came
into being she would be his equal.
    He had been here
for over a week and had been letting her order him around and she
knew now that was to show her that he was good husband
material.
    Faisal was
definitely different from any other man she had met
before.
    Callistor said,
“I don’t like the surprise. The not having a choice.”
    The Baron
shrugged. “He’ll probably argue that. You gave him your hand with
no coercion or force. They will never take a woman against her
will. Most woman are practical creatures. Are you saying you are
not?”
    She growled at
the Baron. Women did not hold a very respectable role in society
unless they were married and mothers. She had thrown her reputation
away when she had gone to work as a tinker.
    If she had been
pretty she might have worried about marriage but she had always
thought she would not have that role. So having fulfilling work had
been all she could have hoped for.
    She looked at
Faisal. “Are you going to make me give up work?”
    He frowned. “Why
would I do that? You are interesting because of what you
do.”
    He had a point.
She started cleaning up. The glove would need to dry and treated
before she could put it on his arm but it was pretty much
finished.
    She hadn’t
realised that the Baron had wandered off until he yelped and said
“Bloody hell those freaked me out.”
    He was looking
at the spiders.
    She sighed and
went over to deal with the lord. “They aren’t
poisonous.”
    The Baron backed
away as he said, “I don’t particular care. I just hate those things
they give me the creeps. Why do you have them?”
    She looked at
the spiders. They were interesting creatures. “Their webs are what
I make the skin out of.”
    Faisal said from
behind her to the Baron, “You don’t have to stay.”
    The Baron
chuckled half-heartedly. “I get the message. You want to be left
alone with your lady.”
    Faisal showed
him out.
    When he came
back in she said, “I’m not ready for