“You don’t?” she asked, mouth falling open in surprise.
“Nope.” I popped the p, not at all wanting to examine our lack of mate marks. Or my lingering worry that my half-human bloodline meant I might never get them.
“I had no idea it worked like that. I guess I assumed… it was supposed to happen on its own, and it would be seamless.”
“Ha,” Shay said with a snort. “I don’t think any of us have had seamless. My mate bond got messed up by like three different types of magic, and my bond marks came in one painful stroke at a time.”
I chewed my bottom lip, considering. She was right, and while I’d known that her marks hadn’t come in easily or right away, I kind of assumed that it was only because of the fact Dirge had been feral at the time.
“So how did you get them to come in?” I asked, th
