I sit and watch from the chair in Xander’s office as he and Maximus toss out ideas back and forth. We have been here for almost two hours, and they have yet to come up with a solution.

Why do we sit around while our mate is out there without us. We should go to him.

I contemplate explaining the situation to dragon, but I know that no matter what she will not understand why we are unable to. I blink tuning back into the conversation.

“That won’t work. We would have to show proof that a marriage license was filed for. We would also need the statement of a...