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I get a sick feeling in my stomach. “Marked? What does that mean?”
“Marking is a way to show other werewolves you’re taken. There are a lot of single individuals here who date and have sex just like single humans, and marking lets them know that person has a mate and is off limits. Chloe, can you show Olivia your mark?”
“Yeah, sure.” Chloe pulls her shirt off of her shoulder exposing the base of her neck. “Do you see the two little half-moon shapes? That’s my mark, and Nick has one too.”
“Oh, I’ve never noticed that before.” They look like small, purplish scars. “Is it like a little tattoo?”
“Not exactly.” Chloe hesitates, and her eyes dart to Ethan.
“And, if I never noticed it, and if it’s covered up by clothing sometimes, then how does it work to let others know you’re taken if they can’t see it?”
“It’s not always about seeing the mark,” Ethan says. “You know how we’ve talked about our sense of smell?”
“Uh huh.” Here we go smelling things again. I’ve kind of had enough of the smelling, unless it’s smelling Ethan. I do love the way he smells.
“Well, it’s actually more of a blood chemical reaction, and it can be detected by smell.”
“What does blood have to do with it, and how does the mark get there to begin with?” What the hell kind of crazy shit is this? Ethan and Chloe look at each other, and Ethan runs his hands down his face again with a sigh.
“Ethan, just tell me. I can handle it.”
“The mark is given during sex. It happens in the middle of a passionate moment when all instincts have taken over. One characteristic we have that doesn’t require complete shifting is the ability to grow our canines, as you know. The canine teeth deliver the mark, allowing our chemistries to blend with one another.”
My thoughts go back to the woman in the clothing store baring her sharp teeth to me, and chills run down my spine. “Wait, so you said the teeth deliver the mark?” I try to comprehend what I’m hearing. “You mean by biting? You want to bite me?”
“That’s how it’s done,” Ethan says, with a heavy sigh. “Other people in our society need to know we belong to each other.”
“What the hell happened to a little honesty and maybe a ring?”
“This is the way things are done here, Olivia.”
“Oh, well then. If that’s just the way it’s done, then by all means, have at it. Just bite me now.” I roll my eyes and shake my head. “How painful is it?”
Ethan looks at Chloe. “Chloe, since you are the only one who has experienced this firsthand, I’m going to let you answer that one.”
“I’m not going to lie, it’s super painful for a few seconds, but then a feeling of complete euphoria takes over. That’s often why it happens during sex. Not only is it because that’s when all of our natural instincts kick in, but because in the heat of the moment during sex, the pain can be veiled by the pleasure you’re already feeling.”
“So, Ethan, you said both partners mark each other. How would I mark you? I obviously don’t have teeth capable of doing this.”
Ethan runs his hands through his hair. “There’s one more part of marking that only affects you as a human.”
“Okay, what is it?” I stand and start pacing the floor. I don’t know if I want to hear what’s about to come out of his mouth.
“If you were to be marked, you would eventually be able to mark me.”
“Yes, but how? Tell me how that’s possible.”
“Because marking you would turn you, and you would eventually be able to extend your canines as well.”
I stop pacing and whip around to face him. “Turn me?”
“Yes.” It’s written all over his face that he hates this conversation.
“Turn me…into a werewolf? As in, I would no longer be human?”
“Technically, yes, but you wouldn’t lose any part of you that’s human. You would just gain the werewolf capabilities. You would be no different from Chloe or me. Our mate bond would be complete.”
“What the—what?” I can’t even comprehend the words swirling through my brain right now. “You want to turn me into a werewolf?” I rub my forehead with my hands, laughing slightly.
