Thorne took me by the cheek, forcing me to look at him, and began to leave soft, delicate kisses on my eyelids and on the line of my neck, tracing a path of caresses that tried to relax my tense muscles. "You are so big... and I don't know what to do" I confessed, feeling small and innocent under his weight. "You have experience, Thorne. You’ve been with other... other females of the pack. I don't know if I can give you what you’re looking for." He stopped short and gently bit my lower lip before looking at me with an intensity that cut my breath. "Listen to me well" he said with a seriousness that made my skin prickle. "In this moment, and for the rest of my life, the only female that exists for me is you. No one else matters to me, Maren. You are my mate, my beginning and my end." Th

