Chapter 105 - Common ground?

Bernard

My heart raced as I handed her the book and Arora read the passage. This was the only way I could think of helping her to ease the heat. It was the only way I could think of protecting her without going through the mating ceremony.

It was going to take a while to get the entire house done, and from her reaction earlier, it was clear that she didn’t want to leave her home. Neither did I, but I would do it if it meant being with her. I just didn’t think now was the right time to tell her that.

“Okay, so you actually mark me, but it’s only temporary. It’s very strange.” She looked up as her voice pushed through my thoughts and I nodded.

“When we bite to mark something in our venom changes. Some hormone or something. When it’s only a temporary mark, it’s different to the permanent one and also very different to a bite we would give someone to kill them. It’s all very scientific, and I didn’t go into that part too much when I was reading about it, but there is a difference in the h