When Rebecca arrived at her son’s home, she shifted and pulled on an oversized t-shirt to cover herself. She went inside and found Ben in the living room with Darla. Ben had pulled on his underwear, and Darla was still unconscious on the floor, covered with a blanket. As Rebecca took in the scene, she knew that something had happened while her son and his mate had marked and mated for the first time.
“What happened, Ben?” Rebecca asked as she knelt beside Darla and quickly went to work examining her.
“I don’t know,” Ben said, tears streaming down his face. “We had just marked each other and were going to go into the bedroom to spend the night. Darla looked at me, and it looked like she couldn’t focus her eyes. She said she didn’t feel good, and then she passed out in my arms. I linked y
