I decided to re read Karen Moning's Highlander series, and when I reached To Tame a Highland Warrior, the opening passage simply stunned me. It brought forth confirmation to my suspicions about my mate. I love you, baby.
"Legend tells that the power of the Berserker
- preternatural strength and cunning-
can be bought for the going rate of a man's soul.
In the heather hills of the highlands,
the Viking god Odin lurks in shadowy places
listening for the bitter howl of a man,
brutalized beyond mortal endurance,
to invoke his aid.
Legend holds that if the mortal is worthy, the
primal breath of the gods blows into the man's heart,
making him an undefeatable warrior.
Women whisper that the Berserker is an
uncomparable lover; legend holds that there is a single
true mate for him. Like the wolf, he loves but once
and for all time.
High in the mountains of Scotland, the Circle
Elders say that the Berserker, once summoned,
can never be dismissed - and if the man does not
learn to accept the primitive instincts of the beast
within, he will die.
Legend tells of such a man..."
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