Chapter 38

Elly

The moment Dane’s teeth pierced Elly’s flesh there was a moment of numbness and disbelief. He marked her, claimed her. A bond with a werewolf was nothing like the bond that she had with Darren. Granted, she never completed the ritual with him. They joined on a spiritual level but they were supposed to join physically to feel the full effects. The tether pulled her to him, it wanted to be completed so her need for him would get stronger the longer she resisted. That feeling was what drove her into Rowan’s arms before.

What she felt from Dane’s bite took her breath away. The flood of emotions was indecipherable. A searing pain radiated inside of her in places she couldn’t identify. It wasn’t physical pain but it surpassed any she had ever felt before. When Dane finally withdrew his teeth from her neck he let her fall to the ground. Tears streamed out of Elly’s half-open eyes. She was frozen in place. Unable to think or move, all she could do is feel. Somehow the bond with Darren