Mating led to some noticeable changes. It wasn't the same for everyone, but it could be said at first glance if the person was mated or not.
For example, Scent. Anaya's scent was originally floral and sweet, but after they crossed the threshold of marking and mating, her floral scent became very subtle and an overpowering scent took over.
It was evidently Roman's scent. Although it wasn't a permanent change, it was enough to tell others in the initial stages that Anaya was now marked and mated to the Alpha.
The first one to find out was aunt Regan. Having not seen Anaya for the entire day, aunt Regan had gone to find her and ended up running into Roman, who was also giving out evidence of mating.
"Aunt Regan, I was going to look for you," Roman said in a slightly tired tone, "Can y
