THALINA’S POV It happened too fast that I am barely able to hold myself together. In a fraction of a second, I found myself gripping Greg’s head and pushing him down further into my neck, wanting him to mark me deeper. Something inside me snapped in an addictive way that even though I don’t fully understand what it is, I wanted it to last as long as possible. Everything is so fast and raw for me that I gasped in protest when he pulled away from my neck, his mouth and teeth still dripping red from my blood. “I marked you so no one will be suspicious of my claim that we are mates,” he said slowly while catching his breath just like me. “The lycan king was not convinced about my alibi earlier and the assembly later tonight will be used to expose it.” I nodded, my eyes on his lips, his w

