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also met my Uncle Edward.”
    He watched recognition dawn. “Oh. I see.”
    “I’ve been brought up from the cradle perfectly aware of what my destiny held. I believe in this society, in what it offers to the world. It’s my life.”
    “Why are you telling me this?”
    “I want you to understand that the Trinity Masters isn’t just some club to me. It’s shaped me, molded me, made me the man I am today. I wouldn’t be sitting in this office without them.”
    “Okay. I get it.” She reached out to take his hands in hers. “I know what it means to you. And I know that being a part of that group means taking two partners. If you’re afraid this will change our relationship, that I won’t want to continue being friends, you’re wrong.”
    She thought he was worried about what she would think of him?
    “I have three months to secure suitable partners. The bylaws are very clear. All members must be married before their forty-fifth birthday.”
    “You have to find the partners? I thought they were assigned to you by the Grand Poobah or whatever his name is.”
    Harrison chuckled. “The Grand Master.”
    “Right. He makes the decision. Decides your future for you.” Though ten years had passed, it was obvious Alexis’s opinion of the way the organization chose its partnerships hadn’t changed. Her tone was rife with disapproval.
    “Lex—”
    She released his hands and stood up. “Regardless of your upbringing, I think you’re selling yourself short.”
    “How so?”
    “What’s wrong with falling in love the normal way? Finding a woman who touches you, who moves you? Why can’t you choose for yourself who you want to marry? Letting a stranger decide who you love is unnatural. Wrong.”
    Alexis would never truly understand the beauty of the trinities unless she witnessed it for herself. Unfortunately, she refused to give up her romantic views, to allow herself to see that sometimes love worked in more than just the traditional way.
    He steeled himself as he stood. He was about to break a major rule, go against everything he’d been taught. It didn’t matter. Desperate times called for desperate measures.
    “I’m the Grand Master.”
    Alexis didn’t respond immediately as a plethora of emotions crossed her face—surprise, confusion, maybe even a bit of anger. “You?”
    He nodded.
    “You weren’t supposed to tell me that, were you?”
    He shook his head. “Only the most established members of the Trinity Masters know my true identity.”
    “Then why would you—”
    “Confess that to you?” Harrison took a deep breath. “I told you. I have three months to choose suitable partners for myself.”
    There was no denying what he saw in her eyes. Alexis was usually quite good at masking her feelings, but sheer devastation was reflected back at him. It gave him the courage to continue, convinced him the risk he was taking was worth it. Then, she battened her hatches, opting for humor instead of truth. “So which two women have you picked out? You know you really shouldn’t settle for just anyone. Any female Supreme Court Justices in your group? Or congresswomen? Or princesses?”
    “Why do you assume I’m choosing two women?”
    Alexis appeared taken aback. “I just thought, I mean, you’re as straight as they come, Harry.”
    He grinned. “I explained to you when I invited you to join the Trinity Masters that most of the matches were made between three heterosexuals.”
    “Yeah, but you’re kind of overly macho. I don’t see you as the type to share a woman with another guy.”
    “I’m not sure I’m very flattered by your opinion of me. Do I seem that insecure?”
    She laughed. “No. Not at all. So you’re choosing a man and a woman?”
    Harrison nodded slowly. “Yes. I have one partner picked out.”
    “Oh. So now you just have to figure out which man you’re willing to share her with.”
    He tilted his head. “Another assumption?”
    She frowned. “You have the man figured out,