Daphne and I were completely embarrassed and it was my slip that let it out. We looked at each other and we silently converse in our special way and I sighed. "I asked her to bond with me the moment before the ritual started, " I said as I looked out at everyone's smiling faces. They slowly fell when I mentioned it happened right before the battle. "At the same time she gave me this," I held up my hand with the ring pointed outwards. 