Winter POV I felt the sharp prick of Kai's canines piercing into my skin before excruciating pain ripped through my entire body. I'd never heard of such a thing happening before. Whenever I'd heard of someone being marked by their mate, it had always sounded pleasurable and painless. Why did it hurt so badly? The pain is so bad, that I feel my body beginning to stiffen and before I know it. I collapsed towards the ground and then there was only darkness surrounding me. What the hell has he done to me? I don't know where I am, only that I feel like I'm wrapped in a cocoon as time slowly passes by, like I'm awake but asleep at the same time and it's surreal, like an out-of-body experience. It gives me time to think. I don't know how to feel about the marking. It came out of nowhere. I had