Chase had to swallow his pride and he presented a clean bill of health to Melissa two weeks later, on her birthday. She looked at the results of the blood test and then smiled as she kissed him. He had humiliated himself but in the end it paid off as Melissa finally accepted him.
We had two months of school left, and then we would also attend the Illinois Dragonkin Ball to present our bonded halves to the Elders for acceptance of that bond. Our parents would attend as well to witness the forming of the bond and after that night we’d be seen as an official couple within the lair.
I had been looking at a promise ring for Tia, a promise that I wanted to make to her on our bonding night that she’d always be the only one for me. Rylee was helping me with it, and she was just as excited as I w
