I kissed her, hard and possessively, stopping that nonsense right away. She tried to push me off, she was strong enough but didn't. It took a few seconds before her hands gripped my shirt and she responded to my kiss. We stood there, the bond deepening my the second, until I finally let her go. "I won't let any of that stop me, Talia. Let me mark you, we'll figure out the rest later."

She was shaking, but she showed her neck to me. "Do it, quickly, before I can run away," she said. My teeth extended, and I moved down and bit her neck at the junction of her...