Talieran abruptly stopped, cupping Elena's flushed face in his hands, his blue eyes full of urgency and longing. "Elena... mark me. Like you did with them. Ares has it, Caelir has it, I want it too... I'm your husband." Elena was exhausted from the intense s*x, barely able to speak, only panting as she looked at him. Talieran tilted his neck back, his voice almost pleading. "Please, Elena... let me truly belong to you." Elena took a deep breath, gathering her last bit of strength. She leaned down and bit into the skin on the side of his neck. The moment her fangs pierced through, her mental power flooded out like a broken dam, surging through the wound into Talieran's mental consciousness. Talieran's mental consciousness had no contamination or black fog. Only a vast go

