Chapter 36: Mating Call

Harlow

"Woah!" I examined Brat's mating mark.

"I'm freaking out!" Brat said. "This isn't just something you can take back. A mating mark is for life!"

"You and Liam just met yesterday?" Stella asked. "That's insane!"

"You're not helping!" Brat said with tears in her eyes. "He's supposed to go back to school in a couple of days. And his poor dad… How is Dax gonna react when he finds out that I cradle-robbed his baby boy while he's mourning his mate? I'm twenty-two. I'm supposed to be the YOUNGER woman!"

"Ok, ok," Stella said. "The mating mark is only permanent if both partners have marked each other. Otherwise, it fades after a week or so. Did you—"

"Yes, I marked him, too!" Brat said. "And the mating bond... It's very real. Like, it actually kinda hurts to be away from him, and he just went back to his dad's place to take a shower."

The thought of holding a bond like that with another person was almost unfathomable. I loved Cyrus. I was sure of it. And having a biological bond t