Chapter 29

"Vanessa, you shouldn't say things like that."

She already sensed him pulling back, as if on a leash. She didn't realize her mistake until his laser eyes burnt a hole in the side of her neck. Oh. Her jugular pulsed an erratic rhythm in response.

Mates marked each other there. But mating worked when they were in love and consummated their relationship with sex.

She threw caution to the wind, then. All her personal monologues of having to stay away from him burned to cinders. She pushed her hair to the side and laid bare her neck.

Noah growled then. In all their time together, he had been controlling, measured, even when acting on instinct. She was testing him, really.

This is a bad, bad idea. He said to his wolf. Do it, the animal snarled back. If not a mate, then others should know she is ours, especially Mikhail. He can't be rude to her. At this, man and the animal both bristled. Of course he can't. She was theirs, even just for a short time. Only, others needed a visible walking