Lorian finished speaking, and Tegan was stunned.

Go into a relationship before getting married to become husband and wife, he said.

Tegan looked up at him, and the world seemed to stand still. All she could think was what Lorian said earlier. Before she could fully process it, she found herself blurting out,

"Okay."

After saying the word, Tegan felt a sense of surrealism wash over her, yet there was no apparent regret. She knew she couldn't refuse Lorian for the future of the McKinney famil