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“Wow. I don’t believe it. I hoped, you know, because hello, you are all so dreamy, and then there’s the whole perfect for each other thing.” I looked over at Chris. “Now we need to do you!”

He gave me a knowing smile that said it all; he was happy for me, but thought he wasn’t getting a match. “You already beat the odds. Maybe you can help me decide where to apply to college,” his words confirmed.

“Don’t be such a downer! I just know we’re meant to be besties, so you’ll be matched too.”

He shook his head at me as he handed the tablet over to Tylip, who took it before quickly producing a second swab. He quickly collected the necessary sample and put it in the machine to be analyzed.

To my complete and utter satisfaction, and his and Tylip’s shock, the chiming sounded once more.

“See?” I said, not bothering to keep the smug out of my voice.

“Xeranos, am I seeing this correctly?” Tylip asked the Mylos AI, staring down at his computer display.. “Both of them?”

“Both of them. They will be here in an hour and a half as they are currently on-world.”

Chris and I looked at Tylip, puzzled. Was there a problem that we’d both been matched?

Tulip glanced up at Chris with a smile, one more cautious than previously. “This is highly unusual, but you’ve been matched to not one but two warriors,” he informed him.

You could have knocked me over with a feather. That had been a possibility? Oh, wow!

Chris gaped at him for a second before asking, “Do I have to choose between them after I meet them both?”

Tylip shook his head. “No. Their mothers are Brides from Sanguine. The Sanguinii live in clans and often have mating units of three if not more.”

I couldn’t help it. “They’re poly! Oh my God!” I shouted. “You lucky duck!”

Chris sat there, looking stunned.

“Tylip, I’m afraid I need to correct the arrival estimate time of Chris’s matches. They are in fact already here in Cincinnati and have just replied to say they are on their way. Estimated time of arrival is in ten minutes,” Xeranos announced.

Chris’s face paled.

“Oh no! He’s gone a funny color!” I warned Tylip, unsure of quite what to do about it, as Chris was already sitting down.

“Everything will be alright, Chris,” Tylip said, hurrying over to check on him.“Please remember to breathe.”

To our immense relief, Chris sucked in a deep breath.

“I have two mates,” he managed to gasp out. “Ten minutes. Here.”

“Well, nine now actually,” I supplied, then winced. Yeah, that probably had not been helpful just now, given how shaken up he was.

“If you check the tablet, there’s a bio on each of them for you to read,” Tylip said, returning our tablets.

“Yes, that sounds like a good idea,” Chris agreed faintly.

I nodded in agreement, already skimming the information on my own.

The surprises just kept coming for Chris, though, and, well, to me as well because, dang- who knew the Mylos came in a vampire flavor? Chris was one lucky duck and I, for one, was glad that I’d thought to offer to share my appointment slot.