"Dante... has asked for my hand?" Estelle asked slowly, the words were shocking to her and difficult to comprehend too.
It was extremely rare to find a dragon lord seeking to be wed to one who was not his fated, this was just how much the dragons honored their bonded.
They were willing to wait for centuries and centuries till they found that missing piece of their soul, they would never settle for anything less.
However, there were still exceptions much like in this case where it was already a certainty that Dante would not need to wait to find his fated anymore.
When a dragon lost a rider, he could choose to form a bond with a new rider or remain without a rider.
A bond formed with a new rider would ease the pain of severing, and replace the bond that had been severed, for dragons who endured a severing, this was considered the right choice.
