BREELYNN’S POV
Pacing the room, my anger has taken hold. No, I am beyond angry; I am furious. Mostly I feel like everything has been taken from my control. My life wasn’t perfect, and I am not naive enough to fool myself into thinking that it was. But at least it was my life, and I made my own decisions.
“I didn’t let him mark me; he just did it!” My snapping at Galina may be misguided, but they all seem like I had some kind of say over any of this.
“Poor choice of words; I apologize. Please calm down. We can’t figure this out if we don’t think rationally. The bonding has three steps, recognition, marking, and claiming. You didn’t finish the recognition with Aldric, and then Marco marked you.
“You don’t fully recognize Aldric without your wolf, but you are still drawn to him. Older wol
