Vincent stared at Rory in shock. "Rory… what did you just say?"
For a moment, he thought he must have misheard her. "You said… I'm your bonded match?"
"Yes," Rory replied simply.
Seeing the disbelief on his face, she suddenly remembered what Yuel had mentioned before—how he and Vincent had lost their light-brains on the battlefield and had no idea the system had found them a female match.
The reason Yuel knew he was one of her matches was only because he had overheard her conversation with Jasper.
"I forgot," Rory added thoughtfully, "you lost your light-brain. You probably never saw the system notification."
She activated her own light-brain and held it up for him to see.
This—this was what people meant by a gift falling straight from the sky.
Vincent stared at the matching notice displayed on her screen, at his name resting there quietly and unmistakably among the others.
