Epilogue

S"aad had never been to a bonding ceremony before, but he was fairly certain that the part where Vaarn swept his little mate off her feet and gave her a kiss that was practically him making love to her with his mouth alone was not part of the traditional ceremony… for either of their species.

The hall erupted into cheers as the kiss went on and on, and he was seriously beginning to think that he was going to have to throw a bucket of water over them to break them up.

He didn"t, of course. Working for the Mate Program, he was more in contact with humans than most warriors, and he knew for sure that you did not draanth with the bride"s appearance on her wedding day. He"d gone down a rabbit hole for hours on one human forum where they were talking about cake smashes. He still didn"t understand why you would want to push someone"s face into food anyway…

Finally, Vaarn broke the kiss and stood Sadie on her feet. She was delightfully flushed, leaning against her new mate. S"aad couldn"t help the broad smile that crossed his face. He loved to see new mates together, to know that he had helped bring that about, that he had done something to help save their species from the brink of destruction.

Not that he had any hope of finding a mate himself. His DNA had been in the program from almost the beginning, and there had been no match yet. He knew that was a bad sign. The longer a male"s DNA was in the system without even a partial match, then the less likely he was to find a mate. In fact, the only male whose DNA had been in longer than his without a match was the Emperor"s himself.

"Hey! S"aad!" He jerked his head up from his musings at the sound of Vaarn"s voice. Something hurtled through the air toward him and he reached out to catch it just before it hit him in the face.

"Flowers?" He frowned, looking down at the object in his hands. No, not flowers. He caught his breath and looked up to find Sadie grinning at him.

"You caught the bride"s bouquet, S"aad," she giggled. "Tradition says you"ll be getting married next!"

Thank you so much for reading Alien Inventor's Mate!

I hope you loved reading Vaarn and Sadie's story as much as I enjoyed writing it!

S'aad's story will be the next book in the Latharian Mate series!