"You want me to "mark" you? With hickeys?" I asked just to be sure, the idea of giving him hickies excited me. Joshua nodded, "Of course. I'd rather wear your mark but until you're ready for that, I'm happy with your hickeys." He grinned again as he said that. "Why is that so important to you or all you werewolves?" I asked honestly curious. "We are very territorial and just as you belong to me, I belong to you. We are mates and I am just as proud to show everyone that you are mine as I am to show everyone that I am yours. Maybe you' ve noticed that we do never touch mated Pack Members, we can smell it when someone is marked, so that we don't cross a line and touch them." Wow, his words lit a fire inside me. My arousal, which had been dormant after yesterday's marathon, was now fully