I touched the mark that Elijah had so thoughtlessly put on my body. It was a mark that would last forever and tie me to him for all time. At first, my fingers hovered over it, unsure and almost scared, before finally pressing lightly against the skin. It was still soft and warm, as if it had a life of its own underneath.
He was mine now.
The thought didn't make me panic like it should have. It slowly settled into my chest, like something that had always been waiting for me at the end of this path.
Alphas could, and often did, have more than one partner. It wasn't out of the ordinary. No one even thought about it. Some of them had mistresses on the side, women they kept for fun or company, but those women weren't marked. They didn't have the same weight or last as long.
There were diffe
