Chapter 3I heard Drakein come up behind me. “I had no choice, Hudson. If I hadn’t acted, you would’ve died.”
“Why?” I kept my gaze on the strange, but awe-inspiring horizon. “Why would your bite save me when your friend’s would’ve killed me?”
“Because you are my bonded, my mate. When we pleasured each other, it started a process. You would still have had a choice to accept me or not. But it was the first step in a claiming. After it has begun another’s venom becomes poison to you, until you either accept or reject my claim. Usually, there is a bite mark infused with my scent to indicate that you would be off-limits but I didn’t give it because I wanted to ease you into this knowledge. I wanted you to have a choice.”
I spun around, snapping, “How’d that work out for you?”
Drakein flinch
