I chewed my cheek feeling horribly uncomfortable."You've lost your virginity.""I was a virgin?" That did explain that first pain."You didn't know?" His brows shot up.I paused."Of course, you didn't. You can't remember." He did that strange, kind, gesture where he stroked my hair back from my face and tucked his palm against my cheek."We marked you, and the Mating Moon is done.""I can't survive that every night." I whimpered.***“Every night!” His voice rose.I shook my head.“Vanna Rae...” He chuckled chidingly. “Neither could we. We’d all die in a puddle.”“What do you mean?”“It’s the only night of the year we’re like that.”"Then what would tonight be like?""Tonight, you recover. And however, many nights it takes. We've traumatized your body. You need to heal. We hunt for you, we tend you. U
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